In 2007, The Ocean Collective released an album called Precambrian. That album's concept was based on the eons of the formatioon of the Earth, beginning 4.6 billion years ago and ending 541 million years ago, when hard-shelled creatures first appeared in abundance. The album we're about to delve into picks up where Precambrian left off … Continue reading The Ocean Collective – Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic →

I'd recommend reading this along with listening to the album, following it song by song. Bear in mind this is simply my interpretation. Pelagial, a word meaning an open body of water, is a single piece of music based on the ocean's depth zones. As the album progresses it gets darker, heavier and more claustrophobic, … Continue reading The Ocean Collective – Pelagial →

I'd recommend reading this along with listening to the album, following it song by song. Bear in mind this is simply my interpretation. The second half of a double album, Anthropocentric continues The Ocean's critique of Christianity. The first half of the album, Heliocentric, took us from the beginning of the universe according to the bible … Continue reading The Ocean Collective – Anthropocentric →

I'd recommend reading this along with listening to the album, following it song by song. Bear in mind this is simply my interpretation. We're onto the fourth The Ocean Collective album, and the first with current vocalist Loïc Rossetti (my personal favourite). It's the first release as part of a double album centred around the … Continue reading The Ocean Collective – Heliocentric →

I'd recommend reading this along with listening to the album, following it song by song. Bear in mind this is simply my interpretation. This is where The Ocean Collective really transition from good to great. Precambrian is a two-disc release conceptualised around the first super eon. The Precambrian counts for around seven eighths of Earth's … Continue reading The Ocean Collective – Precambrian →

I'd recommend reading this along with listening to the album, following it song by song. Bear in mind this is simply my interpretation. The Ocean Collective, after releasing their debut album Fluxion in 2004, then brought out Aeolian the following year. These two albums were originally meant to be released as one, but in the … Continue reading The Ocean Collective – Aeolian →

I'd recommend reading this along with listening to the album, following it song by song. Bear in mind this is simply my interpretation. The Ocean Collective is a band I've listened to since I was a kid. I grew up with them, thanks to my dad introducing me. The one thing I haven't done is … Continue reading The Ocean Collective – Fluxion →