The Ocean Party – Beauty Point (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 37:50 minutes | 445 MB | Genre: Indie Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Emotional Response
Across six albums (over just as many years) Melbourne-via-Wagga sextet, the Ocean Party, have developed a unique sound of upbeat indie-pop that steers towards a frank and unsettling darker side. Seventh instalment, Beauty Point, further builds on this foundation as the often-disarmingly blunt, economical lyrics serve as stepping stones across a canvas of sprawling synths and a more stable underbelly of guitar-rock and punchy rhythmic urgency. The mostly-poignant one-liners leap to prominence sporadically, a similar random scatter followed by the occasional sax injection that pops up unannounced alongside more dramatic piano plods.
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