Oceans are a five-piece shoegaze band based in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia. With inspirations varying from Joy Division and Slowdive to Boards of Canada and Tycho, the heart of Oceans’ sound is a dedication to experimentation and timbre, creating vast sonic landscapes inspired by ambient, new wave and 90’s shoegaze. Across Oceans’ breakthrough EP’s Come So Far, Live at Dangertone Studios and collaborative effort with UK’s self-titled Wilt, they’ve landed support from Spotify’s Just Chill and Night Shift editorial playlists, features from Beat Magazine, Backseat Mafia and Trouble Juice, and shows alongside the likes of Grazer and Allysha Joy.

As stalwarts of the local scene with their sights firmly set on an international stage, Oceans return to deliver a hard-hitting and emotive ten-track LP Dreamers in Dark Cities via prolific Portland label Shelflife Records. Recorded and produced with legendary Australian producer Lindsay Gravina (Rowland S. Howard, Magic Dirt), the LP was written during the 2020 lockdown period, exploring the themes of living in isolation in a once vibrant city that now stands silent as one of the longest locked down cities in the world. The album combines lush synth pads with haunting melodies of the baritone guitar setting a moody soundscape for the emotive vocal harmonies.

Oceans are Thomas Lee (guitar, vocals), Mayzie Lee (vocals), Sam Black (rhythm guitar),  David Escott (bass), and Michael Fox (drums).

With support act Trip To Paris