| We Are the Ocean | |
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We Are the Ocean performing at the Guildhall Arts Center in Gloucester, 25 August 2011. |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Loughton, Essex, England, U.K. |
| Genres | Post-Hardcore, Alternative Rock, Metalcore, Emo, Screamo |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Labels | Hassle, SideOneDummy Records (US Only) |
| Website | wearetheocean.co.uk |
| Members | |
| Dan Brown Liam Cromby Jack Spence Alfie Scully Tom Whittaker |
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We Are the Ocean are a 5 piece post-hardcore band from Loughton, Essex, England. The band has played hundreds of shows since their formation, including several festivals during 2008 such as Slam Dunk, Offset Festival, Middlesbrough Music Live, and Taste of Chaos. They have supported bands such as You Me at Six, The Used, The Blackout, Fightstar, Funeral for a Friend, Underoath, Lostprophets and My American Heart, as well as playing alongside Kids in Glass Houses, From First to Last, The Medic Droid, Brigade, Saving Aimee, Tonight Is Goodbye and Furthest Drive Home. They embarked on a 24 day show headline tour in January and February 2009, selling out most venues. The band released their second album Go Now And Live on 25 April 2011.
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Dan Brown and Jack Spence were formally in a band named "Dead But Still Dreaming", and when this disbanded they set about finding new members for a new band. They had formed a full line-up again by 2007 with Liam Cromby, Rickie Bloom and Tom Whittaker, and still under the original name of Dead But Still Dreaming. After a while, Bloom left the band and was eventually replaced by Alfie Scully. Shortly after the creation of this solid line-up, the band decided on a new start with the name We Are The Ocean.
The band quickly shot to prominence thanks mainly to MySpace and were nominated for Kerrang! Best British Newcomer and voted K! Readers Poll 2nd best unsigned UK band. They released their debut EP entitled We Are the Ocean in 2008, selling 1000 limited edition copies in 1 day.
We Are the Ocean have an extensive tour history, having toured all over the UK, Europe, the US and Australia. They have played countless festivals, including the main stage at Reading and Leeds Festival, Download Festival, and are one of few UK bands invited to play Bamboozle festival in New Jersey, USA, one of the largest alternative/punk festivals in the world.[1]
We Are the Ocean started writing material for their debut album around December 2008. The album was produced by Brian McTernan (Thrice, The Bled, Converge) at Salad Days Studio in Baltimore, USA. They were originally aiming for a Summer 2009 release but for unknown reasons the album was pushed back to November,[2] then pushed back again to 25 January 2010, and finally pushed back to 1 February 2010.[3][4]
The band re-released Cutting Our Teeth in October 2010 as a deluxe edition with a second disc, featuring the highly sought limited edition EP, and four unheard tracks. The re-release has received positive feedback from critics.[5]
We Are the Ocean recorded their second album, titled Go Now and Live, with Pete Miles (The King Blues, Canterbury).[6] The album's singles 'What It Feels Like', 'The Waiting Room', 'Runaway' were all playlisted on Radio 1, and received heavy rotation on many radio and television stations. The album reached number 45 in the chart in it's first week.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
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| UK [7] |
UK Indie [8] |
UK Rock [9] |
UK Digital [10] |
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| Cutting Our Teeth |
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143 | — | — | — |
| Go Now And Live |
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45 | 5 | 3 | 40 |
| Title | Album details |
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| We Are the Ocean | |
| Look Alive |
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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| UK | SVK [13] |
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| "Nothing Good Has Happened Yet" | 2008 | — | — | We Are the Ocean |
| "God Damn Good" | 2009 | — | — | |
| "Look Alive" | 2010 | — | — | Cutting Our Teeth |
| "These Days, I Have Nothing" | — | — | ||
| "All Of This Has To End" | — | — | ||
| "Lucky Ones" | — | — | ||
| "What It Feels Like" | 2011 | — | 70 | Go Now and Live |
| "The Waiting Room" | — | 22 | ||
| "Run Away" | — | 45 | ||
| "Overtime Is A Crime" | — | — | ||
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