OCEANS DROPS ANOTHER SHOEGAZE GEM WITH NEW TRACK “BREAK MY FALL”
Earlier this year, Melbourne’s Thomas Lee launched his debut solo project Oceans, offering a fusion of shoegaze and ambient electronic soundscapes on his first single ‘Come So Far’. With a promise of future releases to come shortly thereafter and an EP on the near horizon, Oceans is thrilled to now reveal that his anticipated EP Come So Far will be with us Thursday 27 May. To celebrate the news and to tide us over in the meantime, Oceans is unearthing another choice cut from the release with his cacophonous sophomore single ‘Break My Fall’ out today via Ditto.
Sequentially ‘Break My Fall’ picks up where its predecessor and EP title track left off, but here we see Lee switching out the subdued for the saturated; incorporating heavier rock elements on its reverb-drenched descendent. Craftily deploying his multi-instrumentalist background, Tom explores the various timbres of guitar, piano and programmed drum machines, layering vintage analogue synthesizers and boutique guitar pedals in a distinct sound that is at once a dreamy introspection and a sensory awakening.
“Break My Fall was a last minute addition to the EP which came out from a jam prior to the studio sessions. Normally I'd write songs in the small hours of the night, obsessing over every detail so it was incredibly liberating having this song come about organically. The song actually started out as a joke with my drummer but kept coming back to that chorus riff and eventually wrote a song around it. The song is a real throwback to the classic shoegaze sound of the 90s with fuzzed out guitars, whispery vocals and simple but timeless snare fills. Break my fall is about having someone in your life support you through your ups and downs and makes sense of the world despite all your insecurities.”
– Tom Lee, Oceans
From countless nights spent layering sonic textures, to days filled with creating nostalgic soundscapes with a modern twist, Ocean’s debut EP Come So Far is an ambient trip of all out bliss. Expect to hear dreamy pads overlaid with roaring guitars and whispery vocal harmonies singing ballads of love, loss and letting go of the past. Gearing up for his anticipated EP release date, Tom has teamed up with a band of like-minded shoegaze lovers and is preparing to take Oceans to the stage to launch the EP at The Tote in Melbourne on the same day as its release, Thursday 27 May with a support to be announced.