Just a year after the release of their last long player Restless, Melbourne based pop stalwarts The Ocean Party are set to release a new album, Beauty Point, making it their third album in three years. The announcement came a couple of weeks back when the band released the video for the record’s second single, ‘More To Run’. That followed the first, the dreamy lament of ‘Quality Control’ from back in April. Written during touring on the back of Restless, the new album had its recording genesis both in coastal and inland Australia at Stanwell Park and their hometown of Wagga Wagga respectively. Those choices seem to reflect the band’s incorporation of both expanse and introspection, which are in no better evidence than on the aforementioned tracks. Check them both out below. Beauty Point is out through Spunk Records (AUS/NZ) and Emotional Response (US) on August 18. That same night in the Victorian town of Yass, they kick off a major 18 date Australian tour to promote the album. Dates are below.
Tracklist
1. The Great Divide
2. Dust Clears
3. Crisis
4. Memorial Flame Tree
5. More To Run
6. Quite Life
7. Quality Control
8. Runaway
9. Concrete View
10. Strike
11. If I Blink
12. Concrete
13. Cracked And Shattering
More To Run
The Ocean Party (AUS)
From the forthcoming album, ‘Beauty Point’, Spunk/Emotional Response. Out Aug. 18.
The Ocean Party Facebook
Official Video
Quality Control
The Ocean Party (AUS)
From the forthcoming album, ‘Beauty Point’, Spunk/Emotional Response. Out Aug. 18.
Audio Stream
Australian Tour Dates – Beauty Point Album Tour
Fri. Aug 18 – Yass, NSW @ Thyme To Taste
Sat. Aug 19 – Sydney, NSW @ Volumes Festival
Sun. Aug 20 – Stanwell Park, NSW @ Lower Coast Road
Mon. Aug 21 – Canberra, ACT @ The Phoenix
Tue. Aug 22 – Wollongong, NSW @ Music Farmers
Wed. Aug 23 – Thirroul, NSW @ Franks Wild Years
Thu. Aug 24 – Bellingen, NSW @ The Federal Hotel
Fri. Aug 25 – Eumundi, QLD @ Humdrum Espresso
Sat. Aug 26 – Brisbane, QLD @Sonic Sherpa Records
Thu. Aug 31 – Townsville, QLD @The Rec Room
Fri. Sept 01 – Cairns, QLD @ The Conservatory Bar
Sat. Sept 02 – Mackay, QLD @ Langfords Hotel
Wed. Sept 06 – Alice Springs, NT @ Monte’s
Fri. Sept 08 – Adelaide, SA @The Metro
Sat. Sept 09 – Kyneton, VIC @ Major Toms
Sun. Sept 10 – Ballarat, VIC @ TBA
Sat. Nov 04 – Melbourne, VIC @ The Pinnacle
Sun. Nov 05 – Wagga Wagga, VIC @ The Birdhouse