The Ocean Fracture
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The Ocean Fracture are a post-hardcore band based in Glasgow, comprising Steven Gillies (Vocals, guitar), Paul McArthur (Guitar, vocals, other) and Sean Campbell (drums).
History
The band formed in January 2004,[1] and have since released one double A-sided single and one mini-album, The Sunmachine And The Ocean, which was released in September 2006 by Eyes Of Sound records. Both were produced at City Of Dis studios in Gillingham, Kent by Ben Phillips, former frontman of cult hardcore band The Guilliame Seam.
Since its inception, the band has played or toured with many other well-known UK acts, including Secondsmile, Devil Sold His Soul[2], Eden Maine and Sika Redem, amongst many others.
The band have completed work on a split EP with Kent noisecore band Rise Of Raphia - the three new songs featured were produced by Rise Of Raphia's Oliver Craggs (ex-Cubic Space Division) at his Hidden Track Studios in Folkestone, Kent.
Guitarist Paul McArthur also plays drums for cult indie band Mouse Eat Mouse, one of The List magazine's 50 Best Scottish Bands Of All Time.[3]
After a show in early 2009 with Young Widows at the Captain's Rest in Glasgow, bassist Russell Niven chose to leave the band to pursue a career in London. The Ocean Fracture will continue as a three piece.[4]
Discography
- In Azure Silence, In Azure Decay (LTD Edition EP, 2005)
- The Sunmachine And The Ocean (EyesOfSound, 2006)
- "Cesarium/Black Lung Optimism" Single (Self-released 2008)
- Outlined In White Static/For Atlas, Uncharted (Forthcoming split w/ Rise Of Raphia, 2009)
Members
- Steven Gillies (Vocals, guitar)
- Paul McArthur (Guitar, vocals)
- Sean Campbell (Drums)