Oceansize

[Don Corleone]

i searched for this band in the older threads but couldnt find one. and they deffo deserve a thread of their own.

so are these guys just amazing or what? ideas?

 

[Don Corleone]

"One Day All This Could Be Yours," "Amputee," "Saturday Morning Breakfast Show," "Long Forgotten..." all just amazing.

 

[FUBAR]

Yeh i dig em. I love the way the mixed decent musicianship and experiemntation with catchy melodies and quality song writing. Have they started recording the follow up to 'Everyone into position' ?

 

[Pethical]

im a big fan

 

[Liquid Tension]

I only have one disc of theirs and I like it quite a bit...

Any sources you have to get their earlier one?

Thanks...

 

[affinityband]

AMAZING BAND

 

[Manbient]

cool stuff. It's like post rock gone pop rock dashed with shoegazer or something. my favorite tune is Music For A Nurse i think.

 

[BurningSky]

I had never seen the genre "shoegaze" until a couple weeks ago and i think its my favorite genre name ever now. Its pretty much the most literal description of music except dance.

 

[Kenneth R.]

Everyone Into Position = win

Efflorescence also.

check them out definitely

 

[Scourge of Malice]

They're one of those bands I know I'll probably love, but I just haven't checked them out yet.... I shall get on it ASAP.

 

[Don Corleone]

whats shoegaze? their genre is called "shoegaze"?

 

[Scourge of Malice]

Check out Slowdive and My Bloody Valentine if you want a taste of "shoegaze." Very layered, droney, dreamy, sometimes poppy, awesome stuff.

 

[tchocky]

whats shoegaze? their genre is called "shoegaze"?

Download the 'Loveless' album by My Bloody Valentine, it's the shoegazers bible.

Also, I don't really like Oceansize. I find them to like a cheap imitation of a few genres and not doing anything remarkable in any of them, let alone at once.

 

[spigot]

Oceansize is awful.

 

[gabaghoul]

it's called 'shoegazer' cause early bands of the style would take the stage and then spend an entire set not engaging with the audience at all, just staring down at their shoes.

I haven't heard Oceansize but Cocteau Twins have some terrific albums - my faves are Heaven or Las Vegas, Blue Bell Knoll and Victorialand. certainly not metal, but very atmospheric, ethereal and transportive, so you'll know if you like that sort of thing (most Opeth fans do, I'd assume).

Slowdive is another band worth looking into, I'd start with Souvlaki, the song Souvlaki Space Station is pretty great.

-gg
np: Arsis - A Diamond for Disease

 

[Scourge of Malice]

Don, watch this, shoegaze at its finest:

 

[Don Corleone]

yes, they are staring at their shoes =)
who are they?

 

[Manbient]

yes, they are staring at their shoes =)
who are they?

Slowdive.

 

[BreathingShadow]

i really liked their songs Music for a Nurse and Ornament/The Last Wrongs.. i heard a couple other songs that i didnt care for too much. someone suggest some other songs to listen to

 

[opeth_353]

They're very very lovely, from what i've heard. I do not possess any of their material though