Ocean Alley – Touch Back Down: New Song Of The Day
Ocean Alley are ready to Touch Back Down and sound like they are ready for summer!
The Aussie know how to bask in the sun and surf those waves. Here’s the blurb with everything you need to know about Ocean Alley’s Touch Back Down...and it looks like they will be touching down in NZ soon:
Beloved Australian rock outfit Ocean Alley return with their uplifting new single and video ‘Touch Back Down’.
Infused with their classic sun-drenched sound and infectious groove, ‘Touch Back Down’ is a story about turning a negative into a positive, and always finding the light side of a problem. It was written during a last-minute writing session in Byron Bay, which only came to be after Australian festival Bluesfest was cancelled at the eleventh hour in April this year.
Boppy from its opening bars, the track features an intoxicating sing-along melody that paired with swirling guitars and shimmering keys, create a warmth and brightness that feels like summer. It builds to an emphatic chorus where frontman Baden Donegal’s soaring vocals shine, and are punctuated by stunning harmonized backing vocals.
On the new single, Baden shared “It’s exciting to have new music out. The more records we write, the more we can explore our sound and style, which is why they are ever-changing. ‘Touch Back Down’ gives a much happier vibe than any single from Lonely Diamond and we’re definitely carrying that upbeat energy across our writing at the moment. It provides a pretty good insight into the feel we’re going for in terms of our next record.”
Guitarist Mitch Galbraith added, “It feels more playful than Lonely Diamond and we wanted it to be that way. After the craziness of the past two years, we wanted to be less serious and write songs that will get people moving rather than thinking. We felt that we could write music this time around that is less introspective and with a little more storytelling, so this is the first taste of the new direction that our fourth album will offer.”
The band are stoked to return to New Zealand for the first time in more than two years in May 2022 taking in four cities on what will be their biggest tour of Aotearoa. “We have a brand new show with songs from all of our records as well as a new light show and live experience and we hope you can join us at some of New Zealand’s best live music venues.” – Mitch Galbraith.
From Northern Beaches dive bars to sold out international tours, Ocean Alley’s evolution has been driven by an endless pursuit to push their sound and abilities to new limits. Operating as a proudly independent band, their output has always been underscored by a refreshingly chilled authenticity and relatability that has seen them achieve more than 450 million catalogue streams.
Since the release of their NZ Platinum-certified breakthrough Chiaroscuro (2018) which saw the band take the #1 spot in triple j’s Hottest 100 of 2018 for their NZ certified Double Platinum smash ‘Confidence’, the six-piece have performed major festivals including Reading & Leeds (UK), Splendour In The Grass (AUS) and Sziget (HU), played main support on SIX60 Saturdays at Western Springs Stadium and Forsyth Barr Stadium 2020, debuted at #6 on the NZ Top 40 for their critically acclaimed 2020 album Lonely Diamond, have received numerous Gold and Platinum certifications in NZ and nominated for two ARIA Awards.
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