Ocean Colour Scene Release 10th Studio Album ‘Painting’

Remember Ocean Colour Scene? Well guess what, they’ve been around so long now, that they will be releasing their 10th studio album on 15th February 2013.

Entitled ‘Painting’, this collection of 14 new songs was recorded over five weeks at Vada Studios in Warwickshire with producer Matt Terry. It’s a sonic splash of colour reflecting eclectic influences ranging from Bert Jansch and Burning Spear to Bacharach and David. The album is a representation of all that is great about British rock; anthems, heartfelt ballads and weird, left-of-middle psychedelic wig-outs.

The album opens with the elegiac ‘We Don’t Look In The Mirror’ to acoustic finale ‘Here Comes The Dawning Day’, each song on ‘Painting’ is as perfectly crafted as an SX200. The subject matter, meanwhile, covers a broad canvas including Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik (‘If God Made Everyone’), serial killers (‘Mistaken Identity’) and the tragedy of war (‘The Winning Side’). ‘The New Torch Song’ addresses the wave of euphoria which swept the nation during the Olympics, while ‘I Don’t Want To Leave England’ is a poignant reminder that we’re all here for the long haul.

We’re anxious to hear if this is Ocean Colour Scene’s best album to date.

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