Oceansize announce they are breaking up |
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WalterDigsTunes
Forum Senior Member Joined: September 11 2007 Location: SanDiegoTijuana Status: Offline Points: 4373 |
Topic: Oceansize announce they are breaking up Posted: March 07 2011 at 20:19 |
Naturally I approve whenever these schmucks drop the act and allow real artists to fall into view. However, there's always the problem of having former members continue denigrating the legacy of the art form once known as music in side projects. Let's not do a victory dance just yet. First we have to make sure that these two-bit hacks never pick up an instrument ever again. Fight for what's right and do your part: say "NO!" to new music and say "YES!" to pre-89 heroes! |
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Porcupinetheater
Forum Groupie Joined: February 26 2011 Location: by your window Status: Offline Points: 54 |
Posted: March 07 2011 at 20:14 |
Worst news I've heard all day
I shall for sure be looking for these individual projects. |
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Tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it and he'll have to touch it to be sure.
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harmonium.ro
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: August 18 2008 Location: Anna Calvi Status: Offline Points: 22989 |
Posted: March 07 2011 at 18:14 |
Walter must be happy. One down...
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PinkPangolin
Forum Senior Member Joined: May 26 2006 Location: Somerset (UK) Status: Offline Points: 213 |
Posted: March 07 2011 at 15:25 |
Big big shame - an awesome band - and to think I missed that gig oin Bristol last year - what was I doing?!
Hope their 'brothers in Amps' (Amplifier) don't follow the same route having recently released an album |
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The Hemulen
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 31 2004 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 5964 |
Posted: March 01 2011 at 07:53 |
Aye. And they contributed a fine Spratley's Japs cover for the Tim Smith tribute album, which they announced they'd be releasing as a special limited edition single only about a week prior to this announcement, which makes it seem all the more sudden.
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MillsLayne
Forum Senior Member Joined: September 14 2010 Location: East Bay, CA Status: Offline Points: 2504 |
Posted: March 01 2011 at 07:05 |
^It just seems weird that they would release a new album and then break up 4 months later.
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Mr ProgFreak
Forum Senior Member Joined: November 08 2008 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 5195 |
Posted: February 28 2011 at 12:35 |
I think it's a good thing. Frankly, their last album was a bit boring - it had some good moments, but as B.B. King put it: The thrill is gone.
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moreitsythanyou
Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: April 23 2006 Location: NYC Status: Offline Points: 11682 |
Posted: February 27 2011 at 15:02 |
And Sleepytime on top of this? For a year with a lot of amazing releases, there is a lot of sad news so far. |
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Blackbeard
Forum Groupie Joined: February 28 2009 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 63 |
Posted: February 27 2011 at 09:28 |
First Isis, now Oceansize. Two of my favorites has left.
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The Truth
Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 19 2009 Location: Kansas Status: Offline Points: 21795 |
Posted: February 26 2011 at 23:30 |
Same here. Man that's a bum though.
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MillsLayne
Forum Senior Member Joined: September 14 2010 Location: East Bay, CA Status: Offline Points: 2504 |
Posted: February 26 2011 at 14:20 |
NOOOOO!!! I just looked them up on Wikipedia and read about this. What a bummer! I just get into them heavily last summer, they release Self Preserved... just this past fall and now they break up. And while I'm glad to see each member will be keeping busy, it just won't be the same, no matter what comes out of this. Oceansize were a truly unique experience.
Edited by MillsLayne - February 26 2011 at 15:37 |
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memowakeman
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 19 2005 Location: Mexico City Status: Offline Points: 13032 |
Posted: February 26 2011 at 10:00 |
Bad :(
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The Hemulen
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 31 2004 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 5964 |
Posted: February 26 2011 at 07:16 |
Sad news. I've only recently started to get into them.
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Conor Fynes
Prog Reviewer Joined: February 11 2009 Location: Vancouver, CA Status: Offline Points: 3196 |
Posted: February 26 2011 at 07:09 |
I don't think cheeseburgers are going to cheer me up with this one..
RIP Oceansize 1998-2011 </3
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Stooge
Forum Senior Member Joined: April 09 2009 Location: Toronto, Canada Status: Offline Points: 1003 |
Posted: February 25 2011 at 22:22 |
I never like to see a band I like break up, but I never get too upset about it either. The link in the original post didn't work for me, so I don't know exactly what's going on (I'll look into it though). I wish them the best in whatever they decide to do going forward.
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AgentSpork
Forum Newbie Joined: September 29 2009 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 23 |
Posted: February 25 2011 at 11:38 |
Well... this is depressing.
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horsewithteeth11
Prog Reviewer Joined: January 09 2008 Location: Kentucky Status: Offline Points: 24598 |
Posted: February 25 2011 at 10:40 |
Wow. This made me sad. But it seems they're hinting at still creating music through other venues, so that's something good to take from it.
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The Monodrone
Forum Senior Member Joined: March 21 2010 Location: Indiana, USA Status: Offline Points: 4489 |
Posted: February 25 2011 at 10:04 |
I am utterly distraught.
I didn't see this coming at all. Ah well, they made some amazing music while they were together...I'm very thankful for that.
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iguana
Forum Senior Member Joined: July 01 2005 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 825 |
Posted: February 25 2011 at 09:33 |
sad day. thanks for four concerts, four albums, a couple of EPs and lots more consisting of sheer mindblowity.
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progressive rock and rural tranquility don't match. true or false?
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rushaholic
Forum Senior Member Joined: May 13 2005 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 1138 |
Posted: February 25 2011 at 08:47 |
An interview with Oceansize was just posted last month on The Silent Ballet site:
http://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/367/ItemID/3833/Default.aspx No hint of a breakup there. |
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