Ocean Grove (Australian band)

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Ocean Grove
Origin Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Genres
Years active2010 (2010)–present
Labels
Website oceangrovemelbourne.bandcamp.com
Members
Past members
  • Luke Holmes
  • Jimmy Hall
  • Matias Morales

Ocean Grove are an Australian nu metal band formed in 2010. Their initial line-up was Jimmy Hall on guitar, Luke Holmes on lead vocals, Mathias Morales on drums and vocals, Dale Tanner on vocals and bass guitar, and Running Touch on guitar. In 2013 Morales was replaced on drums by Sam Bassal and in the following year Matthew Henley joined on guitar as Touch became a studio-only member. They have released three extended plays and one full-length album, The Rhapsody Tapes (3 February 2017), which reached No. 5 on the ARIA Albums Chart in its first week. It was selected as a "Feature Album" by Australian radio station Triple J. The band refers to their music style as "odd world music".

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<i>The Rhapsody Tapes</i> 2017 studio album by Ocean Grove

The Rhapsody Tapes is the debut studio album by Australian nu metal band Ocean Grove. it was released on February 3, 2017 through UNFD Records. Their first single "These Boys Light Fires" was released on December 1, 2016. followed by another single "Intimate Alien" which was released on December 21, 2016 along with the music video for the single and the pre-order for the album. The album reached #5 on the ARIA Albums Chart in its first week of release, and was selected as a "Feature Album" by Australian radio station Triple J almost two weeks ahead of the album's release.

Contents

History

Formation (2010–2016)

Ocean Grove were formed in 2010 in Melbourne originally as a post-hardcore band by Luke Holmes (lead vocals), Dale Tanner (vocals/bass), Running Touch , Jimmy Hall (guitar) and Matias Morales (drums/vocals). This line-up released a demo in 2010, followed by their debut extended play, Outsider in 2013, before Morales' departed the band later that year and was replaced by Sam Bassal. A single was released in late 2013 called "The Dead Years". In 2014 Running Touch stopped touring with the band to focus on his solo project, while remaining as a studio member and Matt Henley was brought in as an additional guitarist. On 12 June 2015 the band released their second EP, Black Label , which peaked at No. 50 on the ARIA Albums Chart. [1] It was followed by the Black Label Tour around Australia in July 2015 with support from Devastator and Void of Vision. [2] The band was a supporting act, alongside Like Moths to Flames, Buried in Verona and August Burns Red for Northlane's headlining Australian tour in November 2015. [3] In 2016, Ocean Grove supported both In Hearts Wake and Northlane on their "Equinox" dual-headlining tour.

Black Label is the second EP by Australian nu metal band Ocean Grove released independently on June 12, 2015. It was later re-released through UNFD under the revised title Black Label on April 27, 2016 with the additional track "Lights On Kind Of Lover".

ARIA Charts main Australian music sales charts

The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the official Australian music chart in June 1988, succeeding the Kent Music Report which had been Australia's national charts since 1974.

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Signing to UNFD and The Rhapsody Tapes (2016–2018)

On 27 April 2016 the band had signed with UNFD and released a new single, "Lights on Kind of Lover". [4] They also re-released their Black Label EP in the United States and Europe under the revised title, Black Label (Sublime Vol.), with "Lights on Kind of Lover" included as a bonus final track on the EP. [5]

UNFD

UNFD is an independent record label based in Melbourne, Australia. The label is home to a number of Australian artists including Northlane, Ocean Grove, Hellions and In Hearts Wake, and international artists Frank Iero, Architects, Beartooth and more. The label is widely known as Australia's leading heavy music brand with a focus on developing heavy music around the world with offices in London and Los Angeles.

On 1 December 2016 Ocean Grove dropped a new single, "These Boys Light Fires". [6] On 21 December they released another single, "Intimate Alien", along with its music video and announced that they would release their debut album, The Rhapsody Tapes , on 3 February 2017. [7] Upon its release The Rhapsody Tapes reached No. 5 on the ARIA Albums Chart in its first week, [1] [8] [9] and was selected as a "Feature Album" by Australian radio station, Triple J. [10]

Triple J Australian radio station

Triple J is a government-funded, national Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners of alternative music, which began broadcasting in January 1975. The station also places a greater emphasis on broadcasting Australian content compared to commercial stations. triple j is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

On 24 May 2017 Ocean Grove announced their national headlining tour, which spanned from 4 to 12 August with support from Justice for the Damned, Broken, and the Beverly Chills. [11] The band then supported All That Remains and Falling in Reverse for their co-headlining Coming Home to Madness Tour in the US from 25 September to 6 October 2017, followed by a run of shows alongside Northlane, Erra and Invent Animate in Europe and the United Kingdom, which went from 23 November to 16 December of that year.

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Ocean Grove were one of the bands that performed at the first ever Download Festival Australia at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse on 24 March 2018, [12] as well as playing shows that same week in Sydney, Brisbane, and Adelaide supporting Limp Bizkit and Of Mice & Men. [13]

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Signing to BMG, Upcoming Second Album and lineup changes (2018–present)

On 2 May 2018 Ocean Grove signed a worldwide publishing deal with BMG. [14] In an interview with Depth magazine, Dale Tanner revealed that the band was working on material for a new album, [15] then stating in a separate interview with Spotlight Report that a new single would come out later in the year with a new album possibly coming out in 2019. [16]

On 14 December 2018, Ocean Grove released a new single "Glass Gloss", and announced that vocalist Luke Holmes and guitarist Jimmy Hall would be leaving the band and will be performing with the band for the last time at the Unify Gathering on 11 January 2019, with the band continuing on as a four-piece. [17]

On 3 February 2019 the band released a teaser for their new member in the style of the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater character selection menu. [18] On 4 February 2019 they premiered a new single, 'Ask for the Anthem' and announced the addition of Twiggy Hunter to the lineup on bass, with Dale Tanner moving to full-time frontman. [19]

Style

Ocean Grove's musical style is generally considered as nu metal, [20] [21] grunge, [20] [21] [22] nu metalcore [22] and hardcore punk. [21] [22] The band themselves often describe their sound as "Odd World Music". [21] [23]

Band Members

Current members
Former members


Timeline
Ocean Grove (Australian band)

Discography

Albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
AUS [1]
The Rhapsody Tapes 5 [24]

Extended plays

List of extended plays
TitleDetailsPeak chart positions
AUS [1]
Outsider
  • Released: 3 March 2013
  • Label: Independent
  • Formats: CD, digital download
–
Black Label
  • Released: 12 June 2015
  • Label: Independent
  • Formats: CD, digital download
50
Black Label (Sublime Vol.)
  • Released: 27 April 2016
  • Label: UNFD
  • Formats: CD, digital download
–

Singles

Music videos

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