Define your genre in five words or less:
Clean, considered, collaborative, pop songs.
How long have you been gigging and writing?
We have been together for a long time in various incarnations, in our current line-up we’ve been together for about a year. The Ocean Party as an entity though, is roughly four years old I’d say.
What’ve you got to sell CD-wise?
Our new album SPLIT is available on CD through Spunk Records. We have a morass of old EP’s and single CD’s lying around in our kitchen cupboard also, but they’re getting a little old now.
When’s the gig and with who?
We’re launching our new album at Boney on Saturday November 2 with The Clits, Totally Mild, and the mysterious Sam Cooked.
What’s the strangest place you’ve ever played a gig, or made a recording?
We went to Zach and Lachlan’s grandparent’s farm in Tarcutta to record our new album. There were two lambs, and Zach caught a trout. Their grandmother Daisy Denton constantly made us trifle to eat, it was a real treat.
What makes you happiest about what you’re doing?
I think everyone in The Ocean Party is happy to be afforded the chance to play our own original music, basically as much as we want. Personally I am happy that there is actually a supportive community of people around who enjoy original music, most of whom also make some themselves. That doesn’t happen everywhere.
What part of making music discourages you?
Time can be something that breeds discouragement. We’ve always kept up a good momentum with our stuff, but even so some things can gather dust pretty quickly. Things that sit on the shelf are just asking for scrutiny and examination, though it may even be unfounded. Best not to let new ideas ferment too long, but there is definitely a delicate balance there too.
