We Are the Ocean
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We Are the Ocean is a 5 piece post-hardcore
band from Loughton
, Essex
, England
.
The band has played hundreds of shows since their formation, including several festivals during 2008 such as Slam Dunk
, Offset Festival
, Middlesbrough Music Live
, and Taste of Chaos
. They have supported bands such as You Me at Six
, The Used
, The Blackout
, Fightstar
, Funeral for a Friend
, Underoath
, Lostprophets
and My American Heart
, as well as playing alongside Kids in Glass Houses
, From First to Last
, The Medic Droid
, Brigade, Saving Aimee
, Tonight Is Goodbye and Furthest Drive Home
. They embarked on a 24 day show headline tour in January and February 2009, selling out most venues. The band released their second album Go Now And Live
on 25 April 2011.
The band quickly shot to prominence thanks mainly to MySpace
and were nominated for Kerrang!
Best British Newcomer and voted K! Readers Poll 2nd best unsigned UK band. They released their debut EP entitled We Are the Ocean in 2008, selling 1000 limited edition copies in 1 day.
/punk
festivals in the world.
We Are the Ocean started writing material for their debut album around December 2008. The album was produced by Brian McTernan
(Thrice
, The Bled
, Converge
) at Salad Days Studio in Baltimore, USA. They were originally aiming for a Summer 2009 release but for unknown reasons the album was pushed back to November, then pushed back again to 25 January 2010, and finally pushed back to 1 February 2010.
We Are the Ocean toured with The Amity Affliction
on their Stairway to Hell Australian Tour in October 2009. In late September they released a new song entitled "These Days, I Have Nothing". On 19 October 2009, the band signed to Hassle Records, and also announced their sophomore EP, Look Alive, which was released 16 November 2009. The debut album, Cutting Our Teeth
was released on 1 February 2010, on Hassle Records as well.
The band re-released Cutting Our Teeth in October 2010 as a deluxe edition with a second disc, featuring the highly sought limited edition EP, and four unheard tracks. The re-release has received positive feedback from critics.
, with Pete Miles (The King Blues
, Canterbury). On 4 January 2011, the band released "What It Feels Like", the first single off their second album, which is due for release on 25 April 2011. The video, which was released on 8 February 2011, received heavy rotation on UK Rock Music Station Scuzz
TV.
On 21 March 2011, the music video for the second single off the album, "The Waiting Room", was released, although the official single was only released on 18 April 2011.
Post-hardcore
Post-hardcore is a genre of music that developed from hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader punk rock movement. Like post-punk, post-hardcore is a term for a broad constellation of groups...
band from Loughton
Loughton
Loughton is a town and civil parish in the Epping Forest district of Essex. It is located between 11 and 13 miles north east of Charing Cross in London, south of the M25 and west of the M11 motorway and has boundaries with Chingford, Waltham Abbey, Theydon Bois, Chigwell and Buckhurst Hill...
, Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
The band has played hundreds of shows since their formation, including several festivals during 2008 such as Slam Dunk
Slam dunk
A slam dunk is a type of basketball shot that is performed when a player jumps in the air and manually powers the ball downward through the basket with one or both hands over the rim. This is considered a normal field goal attempt; if successful it is worth two points. The term "slam dunk" was...
, Offset Festival
Offset Festival
Offset Festival was formed in 2008 as a reaction against overpriced festivals with less than creative lineups. The event is held at Hainault Forest Country Park, just outside London, accessible via the Central Line.-2008:...
, Middlesbrough Music Live
Middlesbrough Music Live
INTRO Festival is an annual music festival in England held across multiple stages in Middlesbrough town centre. It is run and organised by local promotions company Ten Feet Tall alongside the local council, and is highly regarded as hosting many bands who rose to fame shortly afterwards...
, and Taste of Chaos
Taste of Chaos
Taste of Chaos is a hardcore tour that was started in the winter of 2005 by Kevin Lyman, the creator of the successful Warped Tour along with friend and business partner, John Reese. The Taste Of Chaos tour caters for fans of the post-hardcore, screamo, and metal genres, while offering the same...
. They have supported bands such as You Me at Six
You Me At Six
You Me at Six is a British rock band from Weybridge, Surrey. Formed in 2004, the group rose to fame in 2008 with the success of their debut album, Take Off Your Colours, which included the singles "Save It for the Bedroom", "Finders Keepers" and "Kiss and Tell", with the latter two peaking at #33...
, The Used
The Used
The Used is an American rock band from Orem, Utah. The band was founded in 2001 and signed to Reprise Records the same year. They rose to fame in June 2002 after releasing their self-titled debut album. They followed up with their second album, In Love and Death, in September 2004 and their third...
, The Blackout
The Blackout (band)
The Blackout is a post-hardcore band from Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, formed in 2003. After some time backing Lostprophets on their Liberation Transmission Tour, along with Dopamine, Covergirl, Kids In Glass Houses, The Guns and Men, Women and Children, they released their first mini-album The Blackout!...
, Fightstar
Fightstar
Fightstar are an English alternative rock band from London. They formed in 2003 and their lineup comprises lead vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist Charlie Simpson, guitarist and vocalist Alex Westaway, bass guitarist Dan Haigh and drummer Omar Abidi...
, Funeral for a Friend
Funeral for a Friend
Funeral for a Friend are a Welsh post-hardcore band, from Bridgend. Formed 2001, they have released five studio albums, seven EPs, sixteen singles, one DVD, and one compilation album.-Formation and Early Years:...
, Underoath
Underoath
Underoath is an American Christian metalcore band from Tampa, Florida. Founded by Dallas Taylor and Luke Morton on November 30, 1997 in Ocala, Florida, subsequently its additional members were from Tampa, Florida...
, Lostprophets
Lostprophets
Lostprophets is a Welsh rock band from Pontypridd, formed in 1997. Founded by vocalist Ian Watkins, bassist Mike Lewis, drummer Mike Chiplin and guitarist Lee Gaze, they were originally a side-project to hardcore punk band Public Disturbance. To date, Lostprophets have released four studio...
and My American Heart
My American Heart
My American Heart was a rock band from San Diego, California. The band's original name was No Way Out, which consisted of Larry Soliman on vocals, Jesse Barrera on bass guitar, Clint Delgado and Jeremy Mendez on guitar, and Steven Oira on Drums...
, as well as playing alongside Kids in Glass Houses
Kids in Glass Houses
Kids in Glass Houses are a Welsh rock band from Cardiff, and are considered a significant part of the Cardiff music scene. The band's name is inspired by the lyrics "not throwing stones at you anymore" from Glassjaw song "Tip Your Bartender". The band achieved success on the strength of the singles...
, From First to Last
From First to Last
From First to Last was an American rock band based out of Los Angeles, originally hailing from Valdosta, Georgia and Tampa, Florida. The band released their first EP titled Aesthetic in 2003 with vocalist Phillip Reardon, followed by Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Body Count in 2004 and Heroine in...
, The Medic Droid
The Medic Droid
-History:The Medic Droid was started in 2005 with Chris Donathon, Hector Bagnod and Johnny Chavez . Bagnod and Donathon first met in 2003, but Donathon moved away from the city after they met, only to return a few years later...
, Brigade, Saving Aimee
Saving Aimee
Saving Aimee were a British pop/rock band from Hertfordshire. The band toured extensively for four years, released three singles and an album. On 14 December 2009 the band went on an indefinite hiatus.-History:...
, Tonight Is Goodbye and Furthest Drive Home
Furthest Drive Home
Furthest Drive Home were a three piece pop and rock band from Farnham, England, which formed in 2003. The band released their EP Lost in Genre in the summer of 2005, before playing the side stage at Brighton's "Taste of Chaos" festival, alongside The Used, Killswitch Engage and Funeral For A Friend...
. They embarked on a 24 day show headline tour in January and February 2009, selling out most venues. The band released their second album Go Now And Live
Go Now and Live
Go Now and Live is the second full-length album by post-hardcore band We Are the Ocean, released on April 25, 2011. The album was produced by Pete Miles and released through Hassle Records....
on 25 April 2011.
Formation and self-titled debut EP (2007–2008)
The band was originally called "Dead But Still Dreaming" with Dan Brown, Jack Spence and three others. After a while the band broke apart, but Dan and Jack carried on searching for new members during this time. They had formed a full line-up again by 2007 with Liam Cromby, Rickie Bloom and Tom Whittaker, and still under the original name of Dead But Still Dreaming. After a while, Bloom left the band and was eventually replaced by Alfie Scully. Shortly after the creation of this solid line-up, the band decided on a new start with the name We Are The Ocean.The band quickly shot to prominence thanks mainly to MySpace
MySpace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
and were nominated for Kerrang!
Kerrang!
Kerrang! is a UK-based magazine devoted to rock music published by Bauer Media Group. It was first published on June 6, 1981 as a one-off supplement in the Sounds newspaper...
Best British Newcomer and voted K! Readers Poll 2nd best unsigned UK band. They released their debut EP entitled We Are the Ocean in 2008, selling 1000 limited edition copies in 1 day.
Cutting Our Teeth and subsequent touring (2008-2010)
We Are the Ocean have an extensive tour history, having toured all over the UK, Europe, the US and Australia. They have played countless festivals, including Download Festival, Moshpit Open Festival, Slam Dunk Festival, and are one of few UK bands invited to play Bamboozle festival in New Jersey, USA, one of the largest alternativeAlternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
/punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
festivals in the world.
We Are the Ocean started writing material for their debut album around December 2008. The album was produced by Brian McTernan
Brian McTernan
Brian McTernan is a record producer who has worked with bands from all over the world. He works out of the Baltimore, MD area at Salad Days Studio. Brian was voted to be one of the 50 most influential people in Maryland by the Maryland Daily Record...
(Thrice
Thrice
Thrice is an American rock band from Irvine, California, formed in 1998. The group was founded by guitarist/vocalist Dustin Kensrue and guitarist Teppei Teranishi while they were in high school....
, The Bled
The Bled
The Bled is a hardcore band from Tucson, Arizona. The group formed in 2001, originally under the name "The Radiation Defiance Theory", but changed it because of its length...
, Converge
Converge (band)
Converge is an American band from Salem, Massachusetts. Playing a blend of hardcore punk and metal since 1990, Converge has helped to define many of the elements of the metalcore genre.-Description:...
) at Salad Days Studio in Baltimore, USA. They were originally aiming for a Summer 2009 release but for unknown reasons the album was pushed back to November, then pushed back again to 25 January 2010, and finally pushed back to 1 February 2010.
We Are the Ocean toured with The Amity Affliction
The Amity Affliction
The Amity Affliction is an Australian post-hardcore band from Gympie, Queensland formed in 2002.The band's current line-up is Joel Birch , Ahren Stringer , Ryan Burt and Troy Brady...
on their Stairway to Hell Australian Tour in October 2009. In late September they released a new song entitled "These Days, I Have Nothing". On 19 October 2009, the band signed to Hassle Records, and also announced their sophomore EP, Look Alive, which was released 16 November 2009. The debut album, Cutting Our Teeth
Cutting Our Teeth
- Deluxe edition bonus disc :- Personnel :* Dan Brown - screaming vocals* Liam Cromby - clean vocals, rhythm guitar* Alfie Scully - lead guitar* Jack Spence - bass guitar* Tom Whittaker - drums...
was released on 1 February 2010, on Hassle Records as well.
The band re-released Cutting Our Teeth in October 2010 as a deluxe edition with a second disc, featuring the highly sought limited edition EP, and four unheard tracks. The re-release has received positive feedback from critics.
Go Now and Live (2011–present)
We Are the Ocean recorded their second album, titled Go Now and LiveGo Now and Live
Go Now and Live is the second full-length album by post-hardcore band We Are the Ocean, released on April 25, 2011. The album was produced by Pete Miles and released through Hassle Records....
, with Pete Miles (The King Blues
The King Blues
The King Blues are a punk band from London, England, credited for fusing ska and folk together with influences from punk rock and hardcore punk. Tariq Ali described the band's sounds as 'rough, radical music that should unsettle the rulers of this country. A new generation of musicians are...
, Canterbury). On 4 January 2011, the band released "What It Feels Like", the first single off their second album, which is due for release on 25 April 2011. The video, which was released on 8 February 2011, received heavy rotation on UK Rock Music Station Scuzz
Scuzz
Scuzz is a British music television channel owned and operated by CSC Media Group . It launched on 17 April 2003 and has gone on to be the highest-rated rock TV station on UK satellite. The channel plays a broad range of rock and all its subgenres...
TV.
On 21 March 2011, the music video for the second single off the album, "The Waiting Room", was released, although the official single was only released on 18 April 2011.
Band members
- Dan Brown - screaming vocalsScreaming (music)Screaming is a vocal technique that is most popular in subgenres of heavy metal, punk and hard rock, including metalcore, deathcore, post-hardcore, groove metal, black metal, and grindcore...
- Liam Cromby - clean vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, rhythm guitarRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together... - Alfie Scully - lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
- Jack Spence - bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Tom Whittaker - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, percussion
Studio Albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
UK Indie UK Indie Chart The UK Independent Chart or Indie Chart is a chart of the best-selling independent record releases in the UK.- History :In the wake of punk, small record labels began to spring up, as an outlet for artists that were unwilling to sign contracts with major record companies, or were not considered... |
UK Rock UK Rock Chart The UK Rock Chart usually refers to the Top 40 Rock Singles and the Top 40 Rock Albums Chart compiled by the Official Charts Company from physical record sales in British retail outlets with larger than average genrespecific sales.... |
UK Digital UK Official Download Chart The UK Official Download Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the music industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being published on a Wednesday afternoon, so as to not to clash with the release of the main UK Singles Chart... |
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| Cutting Our Teeth Cutting Our Teeth - Deluxe edition bonus disc :- Personnel :* Dan Brown - screaming vocals* Liam Cromby - clean vocals, rhythm guitar* Alfie Scully - lead guitar* Jack Spence - bass guitar* Tom Whittaker - drums... |
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| Go Now And Live Go Now and Live Go Now and Live is the second full-length album by post-hardcore band We Are the Ocean, released on April 25, 2011. The album was produced by Pete Miles and released through Hassle Records.... |
Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... |
45 | 5 | 3 | 40 |
Extended plays
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| We Are the Ocean |
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| Look Alive |
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Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
SVK IFPI The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a not-for-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland... |
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| "Nothing Good Has Happened Yet" | 2007 | — | — | We Are the Ocean |
| "God Damn Good" | 2009 | — | — | |
| "Look Alive" | 2010 | — | — | Cutting Our Teeth Cutting Our Teeth - Deluxe edition bonus disc :- Personnel :* Dan Brown - screaming vocals* Liam Cromby - clean vocals, rhythm guitar* Alfie Scully - lead guitar* Jack Spence - bass guitar* Tom Whittaker - drums... |
| "These Days, I Have Nothing" | — | — | ||
| "All Of This Has To End" | — | — | ||
| "Lucky Ones" | — | — | ||
| "What It Feels Like" | 2011 | — | 70 | Go Now and Live Go Now and Live Go Now and Live is the second full-length album by post-hardcore band We Are the Ocean, released on April 25, 2011. The album was produced by Pete Miles and released through Hassle Records.... |
| "The Waiting Room" | — | 22 | ||
| "Run Away" | — | 45 | ||
| "Overtime Is A Crime" | — | — |
External links
- Official Website
- Live review of We Are The Ocean on SouthSonic
- http://www.youtube.com/user/Roble30ttt?feature=mhum