01 September 2024 - 0 Comments

5-piece Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland-based band Ocean Beach are on a roll. Releasing a single on the first day of each month, today (coinciding with Father's Day), they share their third offering Omnism.

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Ocean Beach songwriter and frontman Gary Dalhousie says of Omnism; "Wonderful things are continually revealed to me since I started daily meditation in January 2020. Come Around for instance, came through strong when I realised what caused my disconnectedness with my partner.

Omnism is at the forefront of my spiritual journey. It’s a multi-entendre about breaking up with my partner during Covid lockdown, about not being able to hang with loved ones during that time, and it’s also about my dad who passed when I was 21.

He left me a breadcrumb trail toward the Bhagavad Gita. He had several near-death experiences when I was 9 years old, and he went on his own spiritual seeking journey over the next 12 years. Its very clear to me now that we are spiritual beings having a physical experience. We are eternal. Let it go baby, let it roll!!"

On July 1st Ocean Beach released Boys' Club, the first single in this series, which was played across the Student Radio Network (SRN). On August 1st they dropped Come Around, which charted on the SRN Top Ten, and reached No. 2 on the 95bFM Top Ten two weeks in a row. .

The story of Bryan Ferry and Steve Malkmus’ Tongan love child Gary Dalhousie – the cheese monger who learned to play the guitar – continues to evolve. A world where DD Smash takes more acid, and Ram Dass is in a pub rock band. A world where sonic instrumentals merge with pop in the middle of spaghetti junction.

Ocean Beach is the vehicle for this ride. Their forthcoming album, The Long Road Home, is the tale of one man’s journey from anxious Southland kid to conscious father, partner and mentor.

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