Oceanator - Nothing's Ever Fine (Pink)After a handful of cassette releases, including the Lows EP in 2018, Brooklyn's Oceanator released their proper debut album, Things I Never Said, in 2020. The album was a clear portrayal of the immense and growing talents of songwriter multi instrumentalist Elise Okusami and was immediately praised in the likes of Noisey, Under The Radar, Stereogum, and SPIN, who featured the band on their "20 Most Interesting New Artists of 2020" list. On the band's

captured by Italian Swiss Radio

along with The Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam

Adam Green and Kimya Dawson originally crossed paths at an open mic night in Mount Kisco

in a vast work with a devilishly difficult piano part on par with that of his piano concerti

Beautifully recorded and mixed by ex-Abbey Road Chief Engineer Haydn Bendall - whose painting graces the album cover - this kaleidoscopic music will undoubtedly lift the listener's spirits

from their earliest recordings through the rare '65 ABC single and the recordings released on Spanish EPs in 1964

Tracks like "Graffiti in Tehran" and "Rein" recall the hi-octane crunch of artists like Daft Punk

transcriptions for the left hand

which sang of the interaction of the arts and sciences

Annie Nightingale BBC Radio 1 shows

Lorenz Heigenhuber and Diego Pinera play bass and drums

this movement is suggestive of the Aeolian harp