2 LPs – indie coloured vinyl
Manchester rock band Oceansize built a career and reputation of constructing sonic soundscapes from out of nowhere into the most monolithic, dynamic behemoths heard in aeons. The band formed in 1998 and released four albums before calling it a day in 2011.
Their second album, “Everyone Into Position”, saw the band scale new heights of grandiose with ethereal and utterly captivating music that is brooding, dark, spacey, empowering and at times angelic. On this sprawling double LP (arriving on splattered yellow vinyl) Oceansize challenge themselves and thus by the same token ensured that the listener didn’t become comfortable while listening. And let’s face it – comfortable is, after all, boring.