ARTIST: Oceanographer
TITLE: On Leaping From Airplanes
LABEL: One Mountain Records
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 206kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 52m total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-01-00
RIP DATE: 2006-04-03
Track List
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1. On Leaping From Airplanes 6:36
2. Stations 4:11
3. Over Wine And Lostness 2:01
4. Lydia, You're Fading 5:21
5. Polaroid Prince 8:23
6. Grey Holiday 3:51
7. Cartographer 6:03
8. Ash And Rags 3:06
9. Junebugs 5:13
10. Take It And Run 8:08
Release Notes:
http://www.oceanographermusic.com
http://www.1mtrecords.com/
The five Denton, Texas boys that make up Oceanographer started making noise
together in the summer of 2002. Singer Jeremy Yocum, viola player Eric Elterman
and drummer Bradly Brown had already been kicking around tunes as a trio for
several years, though the groupÆs roots go back even further than thatùYocum and
Elterman had been in bands off and on since they met in high school. At first
Oceanographer was known mostly for quiet, dreamy and atmospheric sets with a
definite acoustic leaning, but the addition of guitarist Stephen Kimbrell and
bassist Ryan Goolsby brought more volume and energy to their sound. Their live
sets at the time were praised for their ôslow, pretty and quiet meanderingsö by
Mundane Sounds and ôthe sweated-over details in the group's songsö by The Dallas
Observerùthe same publication who nominated Oceanographer for ôbest new actö in
the 2004 Dallas Music Awards (six months after the band had relocated to New
York City). In 2003 they completed their first recording, Twenty String,
released on OceanographerÆs label One Mountain and distributed through the Los
Angeles label Pehr. Twenty String shows track-by-track the gradual progression
from YocumÆs bedroom folk songs to a fuller sound crafted together by a group of
musicians working collectively.
The progression continues on the bandÆs second release, On Leaping From
Airplanes. The record, begun in Texas, was finally completed in New York City
after a 15-date tour of the West Coast and the bandÆs move en masse to Brooklyn.
Airplanes reveals the bandÆs shoegazer roots and post-rock instrumental
tendencies. While the first record prompted comparisons to Damien Jurado or
Mojave 3, most of Airplanes is more reminiscent of Mogwai or early Verve, and a
handful of tracks explore catchier hooks and shorter pop song structures.
Throughout the record Oceanographer maintains the lush atmospheric backdrop that
wooed their Texas audiences three years ago. Pre-release copies are available
from the band's website and at shows while the band weighs label options and
hammers out the details for an in-store release.