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Manchester, United Kingdom (1998 – 2011)

Oceansize were a British band who combined heavy rock with several progressive/experimental elements. They formed in 1998, and funded themselves through various jobs including writing music for arcade games and building/repairing helicopters. At the start of 2001 they were named ‘Best Unsigned Band in Manchester’ by the Manchester Evening News. The A Very Still Movement EP was released that August, and the band enjoyed support slots with the likes of Elbow, Lift To Experience, and The Cooper Temple Clause and in March 2002 were asked to open the BPI stage at the SxSW festival in Austin, Texas appearing alongside Elbow and Oxide and Neutrino.

In June 2002 Oceansize secured a contract with Beggars Banquet Records; their first release was the Relapse EP in October 2002 followed by another EP, One Day All This Could Be Yours and the single Remember Where You Are.

In September 2003 Oceansize released their debut album Effloresce and set off on their first European tour supporting Aereogramme. In 2004 they released the Catalyst single and a video directed by Mark Thomas and Michael England of the Soup Collective.

After extensive touring around the UK, Europe and USA, Oceansize retreated to their rehearsal studio to commence the writing of another EP, Music For Nurses and their second album Everyone Into Position. During the promotional tour for this album (2005 and 2006), they did some gigs as a support for Porcupine Tree in Europe.

Their third album Frames was released on October 1st 2007, and features the single ‘Unfamiliar’. The album sees the band continue to experiment with song structures and experiment with more instrumentation, including piano and strings.
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  • ShirkHorse

    "I really hope they do a reunion show someday, i'd fly there like a rocket!" I would too!!! I cannot describe how gutted I am that I never saw them live.

    last week
  • KevinVillage

    hmm, leads me to believe someone in osize had some kinda druggie/drinkin issues that got in the way of the band. in fact that sounds very plausible considering what mike has said

    13 days ago
  • benpeers92

    Interesting interview... http://www.undersong.co.uk/2012/05/15/dip-vs-mike-vennart/

    13 days ago
  • Kikuichimonji

    Holy fuck Mark Heron can play some drums. Everytime I hear an Oceansize song it's like I'm listening to Zeppelin and thinking "fuck it, might as well give up on playing the drums because I'm never gonna be that good."

    16 days ago
  • Gennacroix

    Wow, it's a shame the last two albums are the least listened, each one is a beast. At first i was apprehensive of Self Preserved.. but i've been listening to it entirely for approx. a month, not just my favorite songs, and goddamn! I really hope they do a reunion show someday, i'd fly there like a rocket!

    25 days ago
  • KevinVillage

    onions

    27 days ago
  • YouAreInvited

    opinions

    27 days ago
  • Adthey

    not trying to take sides, but I'd say last.fm and "most of the people he has spoken to" can be considered statistically significant.

    27 days ago
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