Track Listing

1. I Am the Morning
2. Catalyst
3. One Day All This Could Be Yours
4. Massive Bereavement
5. Rinsed
6. You Wish
7. Remember Where You Are
8. Amputee
9. Unravel
10. Women Who Love Men Who Love Drugs
11. Saturday Morning Breakfast Show
12. Long Forgotten

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #100166 in Music
• Released on: 2003-10-06
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import

Album Details
'effloresce' features 12 Tracks Mixing Shimmering, Delicate Ambient Keyboards and their Trademark Hypnotic, 3-guitar Attack. All the Tracks were Recorded and Produced by Chris Sheldon (Foo Fighters, Feeder). "Oceansize Could Easily Be the Best Rock Band in the Country Right Now" Says Kerrang Magazine.

Customer Reviews

Crisp, well-rounded rock; Great new discovery
This is one of the best new bands I discovered in 2006. They have been described as Progressive Rock, Post-Rock, Indie, or simply Alternative Rock, but that doesn't really matter. All I know is that it is very interesting, fresh, and well-rounded music. The band has a huge dynamic range, from extremely fast and heavy with smooth, powerful vocals to very relaxing and atmospheric.

The music is very melodic, clear and well-produced, the songs always flowing and changing to new and exciting ideas. The guitars are very lush and full sounding, during both heavier and mellow parts.

Oceansize may be slightly more slightly more mainstream and catchy sounding than the average "progressive rock" band; however I don't see that as a bad thing whatsoever. They are still quite adventurous and artistic in their writing style. Many songs, like "Amputee" for example would be extremely radio-friendly and accessible to almost any music fan. However, there is also a good share of 8-10 minute monstrosities. The last two minutes of "Massive Bereavement" accelerates into probably the most hard-rocking part of the album, and most of "Saturday Morning Breakfast Show" contains a few excellent progressive buildups and backflips, possibly the most schizophrenic track. "Women Who Love Men Who Love Drugs" is an eight and a half minute very laid-back tune containing very comforting, cascading guitars that sound beautiful, but perhaps a bit too repetitive after a while.

There are even a few instrumental pieces mixed in. I hardly noticed that when listening to the album as a whole and not watching the tracks. "Rinsed" is an extremely mellow piece with almost no progression or excitement, almost a buffer to catch your breath after "Massive Bereavement" before beginning the next song. "Unravel" is a piano-driven piece with two layers of piano subtlety changing around a little.

Fans of Dredg, Porcupine Tree, Green Carnation, Riverside, Tool, perhaps even Anathema and Katatonia, and any other artistic or progressive rock or metal should definitely check this band out. Also, maybe even fans of more mainstream hard rock bands such as Incubus, Deftones, Collective Soul, Alice in Chains, Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Fuel, etc. will enjoy Oceansize. I know I will be buying their second album soon and look forward to any future releases.

a good mix
If i had to compare these guys to a popular band, I would say they are like a mix of Incubus and BUSH. I like the music overall, the lyrics don't stand out but the band has a rich sound that is very enjoyable to listen to.

promise falters
i found this very disappointing.i had heard some of the earlier stuff and liked it,hence the reason for getting this album.this is somewhat different.i say somewhat because each song shows signs of their past with big amounts of promise but for some reason the singer changes it up in every song and they turn it into corporate rock/emo sounding.why they do this i have no idea other than to push more for the mainstream and $$$.i always find it disappointing when artists do this,liz phair anyone? as i see by my fellow reviewers i am alone in this thinking.oh well,i'm used to it.as i said,this album showed promise and would have been a 4-5 star if they just kept to their original style and didn't try to mix it up mid song,for every song.by the 10th track i turned it off to go do more important things.very disappointed.