A Musical Odyssey With DALE TANNER From OCEAN GROVE

Seldom does a band come along that can genuinely lay claim to being
groundbreaking in terms of musical disparity. Sure, many are
labelled as such, but how many have actually pushed their music to
its limits and beyond and still emerged triumphant?
Not many.
While not claiming to be revolutionary themselves, Melbourne noise
merchants Ocean Grove definitely qualify in terms of freedom of
expression and mashing of genres that have no right being mentioned
in the same breath, let alone side by side on an album
release.
Ever since unleashing their 2017 debut album The Rhapsody Tapes,
Ocean Grove have effortlessly combined nu metal, metalcore, grunge,
rock, punk and rap sensibilities in such an orderly fashion that
scribes saw fit to label their music in a completely new category
that best sums up each influence and musical note that forms the
bands sound.
That term is Odd World music and has stuck sufficiently for Ocean
Grove to embrace the term themselves, to the point of naming their
upcoming, November 22 album Oddworld. It is both a reflection of
the band's eclectic sound and an ownership of the phrase,
emphatically capturing Ocean Grove in all of their experimental
glory.
In short, ODDWORLD is exactly as its title suggests: beautifully
chaotic, sonically kaleidoscopic and wholeheartedly
one-of-a-kind.
HEAVY sat down recently with frontman Dale Tanner to explore
Oddworld on a deeper level.
"I'm feeling very, very excited," he enthused when asked how he
felt about the impending release of album number four. "It's
probably… this is the most excited about anything I've put out into
the world, alongside my brothers. I sat down last night and gave
the album a listen myself to get a refresh on things, and I thought
this feels big and (is) a definitive moment in Ocean Grove's
career, and I just want to soak that in a little bit after not
having listened to it for a bit. I heard it a million times working
on it in the studio and gave it that space to now revisit it and
think 'holy fuck, this has some power to it'. I really think it's
our best work. It's Ocean Grove operating on all cylinders and
there's something there for everyone. It's taking all that was
great about everything that we've done up to this point and fusing
it with this new-found, child like excitement for the future. Just
putting that stamp of this is certified Ocean Grove, and you'd
better be here for it."
In the full interview, Dale dives deeper into Oddworld musically,
how they returned to their roots somewhat for the album,
maintaining a flow and consistency despite covering so many genres,
the creative process for Ocean Grove, choosing singles to represent
Oddworld, finding the balance between styles, how their sound has
evolved over the years, their upcoming run of shows and more.

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