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Song Title Time Price Visit our audio page for more information '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. 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.

Effloresce Available from Amazon Price: $19.94 Updated on 9-27-2008.