Oceanator Shares Video for New Song ‘Drift Away’

Brooklyn’s Oceanator has put out a new single, ‘Drift Away’, which features additional backing vocals from NNAMDÏ. It’s taken from the upcoming LP Everything Is Love and Death, which is out August 30 and includes the already-released ‘Get Out’. Check out a video for it below.

“I had listened to Dopesmoker the night before and was in a sludge-y kind of mood,” Elise Okusami explained in a statement. “The bass was the first thing to come for the song and the whole thing was built around that. Some of the lyrics came right away, too, but the rest was worked out during demo-ing and in the studio. I kind of see this song as like the anchor song of the record, not necessarily in terms of tone but in terms of vibe. The video was all shot when we went to do the album cover photo shoot, and I wanted it to just be a kind of drifting, unsure, nebulous sort of thing. The leapt from a sinking ship to a crumbling pier line was in there early on and kind of sums up the feeling of leaving one unsure and tenuous situation for another. Since I wanted to do kind of just like a talking drone-y thing for myself the whole time, I thought it would be cool to have a guest vocalist on there. NNAMDÏ absolutely killed it. I am so pleased with what he did on the track and I think it really brings it into an even spookier world.”

Read our Artist Spotlight interview with Oceanator.

Konstantinos Pappis
Konstantinos Pappis
Konstantinos Pappis is a writer, journalist, and music editor at Our Culture. His work has also appeared in Pitchfork, GIGsoup, and other publications. He currently lives in Athens, Greece.
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