Melbourne act Ocean Grove have delivered their brand new single These Boys Light Fires, featuring hints of nineties nostalgia that was written, recorded and produced entirely by the band in nineteen year old drummer/producer Sam Bassal’s bedroom. The tune was premiered last night on triple j’s Good Nights and can he heard here.
Frontman Luke Holmes describes These Boys Light Fires as an anthem for celebrating life. “It happens very rarely but this song came to me almost instantaneously brought on by the upbeat and optimistic touch to the instrumental of which I couldn’t help but elicit a positive response.”
“As we wrote the song we were very conscious of its potential to translate tremendously live, it’s very high energy and I think Dale Tanner’s delivery is the best we’ve seen from him”, points out Holmes. “The sample during the bridge is a voice recording I found on my phone the night after an all-time house party/funeral/demolition.”
Ocean Grove have also signed to UNIFIED for worldwide Artist Management under the guidance of Luke Logemann (Northlane, In Hearts Wake) and Caleb Williams (The Amity Affliction, Bodyjar). In the process, they’ve scored agency representation in North America and in Australia, Village Sounds agent Evan Davies (Violent Soho, Courtney Barnett, Vance Joy) has come to the party for a worldwide launch in 2017.
After wrapping up a sold out headline tour of Australia, as well as a sold out ARIA week showcase, Ocean Grove will be back in the van in January, stopping at UNIFY 2017 and then heading around the country with The Amity Affliction and Hellions straight after.
