Australia’s Ocean Grove information us observe by observe by their new album ‘ODDWORLD’, out now by way of Sharptone Information.
“OG FOREVER is sort of just like the Oddworld mantra. A motto to reside and breathe when you’re an OG die-hard. This observe introduces the thought of the Oddworld Collective in a really direct method, highlighting a key contribution from studio member Operating Contact. This observe could sound acquainted to some long run followers which were paying consideration. This pattern has really existed in some type for a few years now, however had solely ever been heard in a reside setting, as opening pattern to the OG set some years again. Put it this fashion, when you hear this quantity by the audio system you’ve entered the Oddworld.”
“CELL DIVISION was conceived in elements initially of the album course of and solely pieced collectively in its entirety on the very finish. There at all times appears to be certainly one of these on each OG album. We’ve had the principle riff written because the days of Up In The Air Perpetually and we even have had the refrain line within the again pocket for fairly a while. Discovering a strategy to join these two dots proved difficult however worthwhile as this track really feel like the proper strategy to introduce the heavier aspect of OG showing on this file while additionally sneaking a large singalong in throughout the first couple of minutes of the album runtime.”
“FLY AWAY is one other observe that had been within the again pocket for OG for some time and was being written across the identical time because the Up In The Air Perpetually period songs, but felt like a brand new revitalised departure from that sound and so warranted its personal separate launch. We had this track written, recorded and able to put out (music video included) for a complete 12 months earlier than asserting our label signing to SharpTone Information. Having to take a seat tight with this track was an actual take a look at of endurance and perception, however because the track is all about OG reclaiming It’s id, independence and sense of possession transferring ahead, we would have liked to make sure we had the Oddworld spinning good behind the scenes earlier than pulling the set off and launching into a brand new period and sound.”
“STUNNER is a favorite amongst the collective. That is one other observe closely that includes the voice and contribution of Operating Contact. For a part of the album writing course of we rented a farmhouse Airbnb down in regional Victoria for every week and the bones of this observe got here collectively in these periods. This farmhouse was overlooking rolling inexperienced pastures and shoreline with no neighbours or distractions in sight. It was a extremely nice probability for us to spend unfiltered high quality collectively and it was an vital reminder that we’re at our greatest and strongest as a unit once we are all collectively, as mates, actively collaborating and collaborating as a collective. We’re all actually trying ahead to enjoying this track, too. The groove of the principle riff and the bounce actually captures the vitality that we’re tremendous excited to transpose right into a reside setting. If there was ever an OG track to have 10,000 individuals leaping in unison to, that is the one.”
“RAINDROP is an instance of OG fusing just a few worlds of affect and concepts collectively and experimenting within the course of. This observe was written in elements – at first lyrically and conceptually by Twiggy with the verse and refrain – then Sam took the concepts, as he often does, and placing his producer hat on, tweaked them right into a format that will swimsuit the OG sound and reside efficiency. It’s the primary time on this file that we clearly see and listen to the contributions of Luke Holmes, one other member of the Oddworld Collective. We made a concerted effort on this file to provide Luke’s distinctive and recognisable voice and magnificence its personal moments to shine. His signature enter can’t be denied and is a component and parcel to, the OG sound. RAINDROP is a really clear instance of the collaborative and experimental facet of Ocean Grove once we’re within the studio. The perfect concept at all times win out, and if we are able to discover a strategy to piece all of them collectively, it doesn’t matter who they arrive from or what affect they draw upon. That’s what makes Oddworld Music so arduous to outline and pigeonhole.”
“NO OFFENCE DETECTED is a brilliant enjoyable observe and interlude that was within the wheelhouse of recorded concepts very early on in writing periods and really a lot impressed by the early 2000s CD expertise that we needed to seize with this file. Most of these enjoyable and random interludes had been merely the norm, and gave a lot character to a number of information we grew up listening to, but are so uncommon to search out these days. We nonetheless extremely worth the long-form album expertise and the necessity to create a narrative from begin to end, with moments to breathe and course of the peaks, twists and turns. That bassline couldn’t be denied a spot in ODDWORLD, let’s face it.”
“MY DISASTER is one other observe that got here collectively in a number of methods on the farmhouse journey talked about earlier. After we wrote and recorded the refrain there was a unanimous buzz within the air. It felt like we had in that second captured the sound of this file and the darker, heavier, grittier, nu metallic aspect of OG had been re-awakened. It turned an opportunity for Dale to push himself vocally and to experiment with a mode of vocal that had laid dormant since Black Label days. If we had been to call one observe on the album that feels essentially the most collaborative and consultant of the Oddworld Collective firing on all cylinders, this is able to be it.”
“LAST DANCE is a track that we’re all very pleased with and one we are able to’t wait to carry out reside. It captures and represents an emotive aspect to Ocean Grove that has existed from the start. It’s clearly the departure second on the file, leaving room to discover a extra heartfelt aspect to an in any other case hard-edged file. Lyrically this track got here collectively one night on the farmhouse, while watching the setting solar fall beneath the rolling hills. This common visible proved to be the proper spark of inspiration and analogy for this observe. The track had been written instrumentally and it was clear that it warranted lyrics that will match the emotional weight and expanse of the music. Any sundown might be the final you ever witness, and being consciously current within the unavoidable impermanence of the whole lot round you may be an especially gratifying factor (a temper we tried to seize with this observe).”
“SOWHAT1999 was written to be a sort of gateway drug to OG, capturing the essence of Oddworld Music. We acquired to a degree in finishing the album that we felt we would have liked only one extra large sounding observe to accompany the likes of MY DISASTER, FLY AWAY and CELL DIVISION. There are lots of darker sides to this album, however with this track a extra vibrant, free-spirited, tongue-in-cheek aspect to OG naturally bleeds by and is one thing our followers will recognise. We had a number of enjoyable with this track lyrically and it feels just like the sort of observe that each nu metallic band ought to have not less than certainly one of, that includes a number of one-liners and euphemisms on the coronary heart of the Oddworld.”
“OTP is the intersection of previous pal and collaborator Grownup Artwork Membership offering a beat and bass line that merely needed to seem on this file. We let Luke take full creative management with this one lyrically and vocally. He went away and conjured some magic on this observe in his personal time, with none of us within the studio and with no clue what he had in thoughts for it. The tip end result was nicely value being left at the hours of darkness and departing from our collective assume tank for a second. We at all times love writing the outro observe to our albums, to depart our listener with a way of unanswered questions. Driving off into the sundown, considering the journey you’ve simply undertaken, anticipate this time it’s taking a stumble down a darkish alleyway. If something, this observe takes you deeper into the OG lore like by no means earlier than, leaving issues on a cliff’s edge for what’s to come back subsequent within the enlargement of the Oddworld.”
