{"id":24543,"date":"2023-11-01T09:00:38","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T16:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=24543"},"modified":"2023-10-27T14:31:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T21:31:39","slug":"new-music-revue-blue-ocean-offer-journey-on-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2023\/11\/01\/new-music-revue-blue-ocean-offer-journey-on-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>New Music Revue<\/em>: Blue Ocean offer journey on debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fertile_state-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-24544\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fertile_state-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fertile_state-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fertile_state-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fertile_state-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fertile_state-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fertile_state-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fertile_state-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Blue Ocean<br \/>\n<i>Fertile State<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i>(Slumberland Records)<br \/>\n3.5\/5<\/p>\n<p>Oakland-based indie electronic pop band Blue Ocean\u2019s debut album <i>Fertile State<\/i> is a 12-track journey.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is the kind of album you\u2019ll want to hear when in need of a return to those nostalgic, \u201980s-like synth tunes\u2014it reminds the heart of Depeche Mode\u2019s \u201cEnjoy the Silence\u201d or Erasure\u2019s \u201cA Little Respect.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The absorbing melody and deep-dive sounds create an engulfing atmosphere: the low rumble of the guitar, the background bass and drums, the muffled voices. It\u2019s what gives this album its echoing, gripping tunes and its otherworldly aura.<\/p>\n<p>My favourite song on the album is \u201cSyncnine,\u201d the music overflowing the voices, giving that movie-like sensation. The continuous beat and the guitar swells popping up now and then fill the melody with feeling.<\/p>\n<p>I do think some songs miss an essence of their own, something that makes them stand out from the rest. But still, <i>Fertile State<\/i> is definitely worth it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Ocean Fertile State (Slumberland Records) 3.5\/5 Oakland-based indie electronic pop band Blue Ocean\u2019s debut album Fertile State is a 12-track journey.\u00a0 This is the kind of album you\u2019ll want to hear when in need of a return to those nostalgic, \u201980s-like synth tunes\u2014it reminds the heart of Depeche Mode\u2019s \u201cEnjoy the Silence\u201d or Erasure\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24544,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,298],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-november-1-2023"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24543"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24545,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24543\/revisions\/24545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}