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Oceanator
Oceanator
country: USA
genre: Rock
styles: Alternative Rock, Indie Pop, Power Pop, Folk Rock, Punk Rock
Nothing's Ever Fine
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“The cars break. Everything goes slow motion. There’s disaster and fire,” foretells Elise Okusami, describing her cinematic vision of the end of the world. Apocalypse is a subject she mined in acute detail and to critical acclaim on 2020’s Things I Never Said, her debut full-length as Oceanator. But in her most recent cataclysmic telling, she keeps the camera focused on the people who survive and need to keep on living. “It could either be hopeful or negative,” Okusami explains of the tale’s ambiguous ending. “You’re either walking off into a nice sunset or going off into a black hole. For me, it depends on the mood; it can be both ways.” These vividly imagined scenes comprise the sunrise-to-sunset arc of Oceanator's resplendent new record Nothing's Ever Fine, the already-shredding project’s heaviest collection yet. On the album itself, in addition to performing guitars, synths, bass, keys, and vocals, Elise serves as co-producer. That role is shared with her brother and longtime bandmate Mike Okusami, as well as her friend Bartees Strange. Working at Falls Church, VA’s 38 North and at Mike’s space in Maryland, the trio eschewed traditional live tracking in favor of recording parts separately as overdubs. They focused on sonic exploration and worldbuilding, dialing in sounds and experimenting with a Wurlitzer, B3, Leslie, and mellotron, among other synths and boutique effects.
latest releases
Single
Part Time
out on May 30, 2023
via Big Scary Monsters
Single
Red, White, & Blue (Oceanator Remix)
out on August 11, 2022
via Big Scary Monsters
Single
The Last Summer
out on April 07, 2022
via Polyvinyl Records
Single
Stuck
out on March 08, 2022
via Polyvinyl Records
Single
Bad Brain Daze
out on February 16, 2022
via Polyvinyl Records
Single
Too Late
out on November 24, 2021
via Big Scary Monsters
