NEW SINGLE: Oceanique 'Time Passes' + Album Announcement
Folk Alliance Australia’s ‘Youth Artist of the Year’ Oceanique release ‘Time Passes’ a song about drifting and distance in relationships + Would The Light Hold Me album vinyl and CD pre-orders
Winners of the 2022 Folk Alliance Australia ‘Youth Artist of the Year’, sister duo Oceanique, are flying into 2023 with an enchanting new single ‘Time Passes’ out Wednesday 22 February, along with the announcement of their debut album ‘Would The Light Hold Me’, and vinyl and CD pre-orders available now. Their ethereal harmonies and undeniable sibling bond have mesmerised audiences across the country with the album's first three singles ‘Emotional Weight’, ‘Hiding from You’, and ‘Like I’m Living’, and their first east coast appearances at the Australian Folk Music Awards 2022 in Melbourne and Tasmania’s Cygnet Folk Festival. The Western Australian twins are basking in the excitement of this forthcoming album slated for release on Wednesday 29 March plus upcoming shows supporting Emily Barker and appearances at Canberra’s National Folk Festival 2023.
Out Wednesday 22 February, ‘Time Passes’ is “a song about the feeling you get when you return to life after time away. You're watching on, have some kind of idea but no one's saying anything, and you've missed information, somewhere in the time passed. A song about distance, drifting apart from the people you love and navigating life whilst time just keeps on moving,” explains the pair.
The angelic sisterly bonded vocals, piano melodies, and the driving drums and bass of James Newhouse, together soundtrack the lyrics as they navigate the consuming feelings that come with the world moving on around you, their continuous harmonies layering like the past versions of ourselves that exist as we continue to evolve - “Give me time to process, the layers that have been added to the person I once knew”.
Stream 'Time Passes'
Stream 'Time Passes' via Bandcamp
Turning their 8-year-old dream into a reality, Oceanqiue’s debut album Would The Light Hold Me, is a collection of 11 songs that fit together to capture this chapter in time will be released on vinyl and CD Wednesday 29 March. Wandering through tales of love, loss, and their wonder of time, the duo “really wanted this record to be as authentic as possible. From the songwriting to the recording, to the album art, we wanted it to feel like a part of us”, working with producer James Newhouse to focus on the authenticity and individuality of each track. Having received support from Double J and ABC and community radio stations 4ZZZ, Triple R, PBS, RTR FM, and more, get ready to join the heavenly world of Oceanique as they turn poems and stories into musical musings for this folk filled experience Would The Light Hold Me.
‘Time Passes’ out Wednesday 22 March via Gyrostream
Time Passes Credits:
Music and Lyrics - Maddy and Jess Houston
Produced, Recorded and Mixed - James Newhouse
Mastered - William Bowden
Vocals and Acoustic Guitar - Maddy
Vocals and Piano - Jess
Drums, Percussion and Bass - James Newhouse
Would The Light Hold Me Credits:
Music and Lyrics - Maddy and Jess Houston
Produced, Recorded and Mixed - James Newhouse
Mastered - William Bowden
Vocals and Acoustic Guitar - Maddy
Vocals, Piano - Jess
Wurlitzer on tracks 1, 5 & 10 and Harmonium on track 1 - Jess
Double Bass on tracks 1, 2 & 3 - Lukas Drinkwater
Backing Vocals on tracks 3 & 5 and Bass on tracks 3, 4, 6, 7 & 11 – James Newhouse
Drums, Percussion, guitar and - James Newhouse
Photos - Robin Bottrell
Design - Red Room
Would The Light Hold Me out Wednesday 29 March - Pre-order now
Upcoming Shows
Saturday 4 March
Mordi Fest - Jam Cafe Stage
1:15 - 2pm
Wednesday 15 March
Drunken Poet, West Melbourne
Free Entry
Friday 24 March
Wesley Anne - supporting Emily Barker
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Thursday 6 - Sunday 10 April
National Folk Festival, Canberra
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