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Oceanator

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city: Brooklyn
country: USA
genre: Rock
styles: Alternative Rock, Indie Pop, Power Pop, Folk Rock, Punk Rock

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on hashbrandnew.com since August 30, 2020

credits: Neil Shukla

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Polyvinyl Records

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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.

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