Australia’s Ocean Grove information us observe by observe via their new album ‘ODDWORLD’, out now by way of Sharptone Information.
“OG FOREVER is sort of just like the Oddworld mantra. A motto to dwell and breathe when you’re an OG die-hard. This observe introduces the thought of the Oddworld Collective in a really direct means, 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 truly existed in some type for a few years now, however had solely ever been heard in a dwell setting, as opening pattern to the OG set some years again. Put it this manner, when you hear this quantity via the audio system you already know you’ve entered the Oddworld.”
“CELL DIVISION was conceived in components initially of the album course of and solely pieced collectively in its entirety on the very finish. There all the time appears to be considered one of these on each OG album. We’ve had the primary riff written for the reason that days of Up In The Air Endlessly and we even have had the refrain line within the again pocket for fairly a while. Discovering a approach to join these two dots proved difficult however worthwhile as this tune really feel like the proper approach to introduce the heavier aspect of OG showing on this document 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 similar time because the Up In The Air Endlessly period songs, but felt like a brand new revitalised departure from that sound and so warranted its personal separate launch. We had this tune 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 tune was an actual check of endurance and perception, however because the tune is all about OG reclaiming It’s identification, independence and sense of possession shifting 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 per 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 likelihood for us to spend unfiltered high quality collectively and it was an essential reminder that we’re at our greatest and strongest as a unit after we are all collectively, as mates, actively collaborating and taking part as a collective. We’re all actually wanting ahead to enjoying this tune, too. The groove of the primary riff and the bounce actually captures the vitality that we’re tremendous excited to transpose right into a dwell setting. If there was ever an OG tune to have 10,000 folks leaping in unison to, that is the one.”
“RAINDROP is an instance of OG fusing a number of worlds of affect and concepts collectively and experimenting within the course of. This observe was written in components – at first lyrically and conceptually by Twiggy with the verse and refrain – then Sam took the concepts, as he normally does, and placing his producer hat on, tweaked them right into a format that will swimsuit the OG sound and dwell efficiency. It’s the primary time on this document 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 document to provide Luke’s distinctive and recognisable voice and elegance 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 after we’re within the studio. One of the best concept all the time win out, and if we are able to discover a approach 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 exhausting 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 wished to seize with this document. Some of these enjoyable and random interludes had been merely the norm, and gave a lot character to numerous data 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 numerous methods on the farmhouse journey talked about earlier. Once 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 document and the darker, heavier, grittier, nu metallic aspect of OG had been re-awakened. It grew to become 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 may be it.”
“LAST DANCE is a tune that we’re all very happy with and one we are able to’t wait to carry out dwell. It captures and represents an emotive aspect to Ocean Grove that has existed from the start. It’s clearly the departure second on the document, leaving room to discover a extra heartfelt aspect to an in any other case hard-edged document. Lyrically this tune 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 tune 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 may very well be the final you ever witness, and being consciously current within the unavoidable impermanence of every little thing round you will 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 some extent in finishing the album that we felt we would have liked only one extra massive 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 tune a extra vibrant, free-spirited, tongue-in-cheek aspect to OG naturally bleeds via and is one thing our followers will recognise. We had numerous enjoyable with this tune lyrically and it feels just like the sort of observe that each nu metallic band ought to have at the very least considered one of, that includes numerous one-liners and euphemisms on the coronary heart of the Oddworld.”
“OTP is the intersection of previous buddy and collaborator Grownup Artwork Membership offering a beat and bass line that merely needed to seem on this document. We let Luke take full inventive 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 outcome was properly value being left at the hours of darkness and departing from our collective assume tank for a second. We all the time love writing the outro observe to our albums, to go away our listener with a way of unanswered questions. Using 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.”
