Following on from the release of their single Heaven, Gippsland-based trio Ocean Sleeper have just returned with their latest soaring track Lonely Love featuring Lil Lotus (USA) and produced by the band’s guitarist Ionei Heckenberg at Zanari Records, Naarm/Melbourne.
Lonely Love is a heartfelt, hook-laden cut of alternative rock that effortlessly blends genres and envelops listeners in a poignant cascade of vocals and instrumentation. The inclusion of American pop-punk/emo rapper Lil Lotus helps lift the track in its crescendoing moments, paired with deft dynamics to create a resounding sing-along atmosphere. The background screams add to the ardent intensity before expertly closing the track with a candid acoustic outro.
Ocean Sleeper describes the inspiration behind the track: “We like to creatively explore emotions of sadness and loneliness and express them in a positive, upbeat and fun way to sing along to. This song is a pretty exciting change-up for us as a heavy band, with no lead scream vocals or breakdowns. In the last few releases, we have been exploring with Karl & Ionei singing cleans and doing scream vocals, so this song was fun to just do cleans but still have its big infectious energy.”
