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Cocean

About Me


Hello we are Cocean
We play music we like and we hope you like it too.

We like playing gigs alot, If you would like us to play your town/city/country please get in touch.

Buy Pictures Fade direct from Seduction Records webstore by clicking on the art work below.

The 4 track EP comes in a very nice Digipack CD format.

We have had the pleasure of playing with these ace bands
Gregor Samsa, This Will Destroy You, eaststrikewest, The Lock And Keys, Above Them, The Wireless Stores, Lines In Sand, Spy vs Spy, Dartz, Tellison, The Little Explorer, Die Emergency, Errander, Sanzen, G.U Medicine, D-Rail, The Chronicles Of Adam West, Eiger, Tim Butane, Knightcrime, Revenance, Lavotchkin, Super Tennis, Chrik, Ashley Best, Tiger Warsaw, Vessels, Former Cell Mates, Fight fight fight, Tubelord, Blakfish, The Plight, Beasts, Bearhead, Attack Vipers, Gentlemens Pistols, Brenda, Evi Vine, Flatlands, Machines, .......

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 25/04/2007
Band Members:
Ross Hooley, David Sanders, Jason Sanderson, Jamie Silver and Matthew Anstess.Contacting Cocean
If you have a press-related enquiry, please contact Henry at Little City [email protected]
If you're interested in booking Cocean, please send us a myspace message.
E-mail- [email protected]
Influences: Beautiful melodies
Sounds Like:
"four gorgeous tracks on this debut EP"
"vocal harmonies and post-rocky instrumentation making this sound like a less sickly meeting of Straylight Run and Explosions In The Sky."
7/10 - Rocksound
"Pictures Fade, boasts a confident, polished sound. With soaring guitar riffs that rise and fall creating wonderful dynamic textures."

"The depth of the sound and the beautifully harmonised vocals make it difficult not to get lost in the music."
A Short Fanzine About Rocking
"‘Pictures Fade’ is an EP laced with harmony and heart and lingers in your head for days."

"it is at the core of Cocean’s music that epic drama resides and speaks"
AMPEDREVIEWS.NET
"As most of the big names of american indie-rock have dwindled away, Cocean serve a reminder of how great the genre can be."

"pretty riffs unfold hand-in-hand with vast climaxes"
8.2/10 - www.cowandfield.co.uk
"well rounded, often dreamy EP."
MMM ½ - www.manchestermusic.co.uk
"Through washing spacey ambience all over some possessing indie pop, this collection of songs is finally musically intelligent and coherent in a world full of crap"

"more passion than a Travel Lodge on Valentines Day."
4 out of 5 Stars - www.gigwise.com
"Cocean have found a perfect balance of superb soundscapes and an ambitious take on proto-pop. They are easily in the same ball park as their peers if not better."
www.thegrapezine.com
"Cocean are the best Deep Elm band never to have been on Deep Elm."
4 out of 5 Stars - www.punktastic.com
"Beautiful heartfelt pop songs, crammed full of harmonies, melodies and wonderful, wonderful tunes."
8 out of 10 - www.didshellsuitdie.co.uk
"a thing of beauty"
Sandman
Record Label: Seduction Records / Inhaler Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Progress

Just thought I'd give you an update on what we've been doing. So far we've got 10 songs just about ready for the album and I've got loads more ideas to work on. We're hoping to record 15 songs in Augu...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:29:00 GMT

August

Hello Friends,Just to let you know that we are going to start recording our debut album in August. We are very excited about it!.
Posted by on Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:44:00 GMT

Reviews for the Cocean / Lines in Sand split

Hello friends! We will post all the reviews for the Cocean / Lines In Sand split here.Review from Destroy Before Reading. love vinyl records - I love the feeling of having a tangible, proper record ...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:55:00 GMT

Cocean / Lines in Sand Split

The lovley chaps at Inhaler records have asked us to do a split with the amazing Lines In Sand. www.myspace.com/linesinsand  www.myspace.com/inhalerrecords  Were going to record a new ...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:46:00 GMT

Reviews For Pictures Fade

Here you will find the reviews for Pictures Fade good or bad.Review from Rock Sound MagazineYorkshire indie-rockers Cocean, Feat members of  such noiseniks as errander, Present four gorgeous...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:43:00 GMT