We Are The Ocean Album Review
We Are The Ocean – Cutting Our Teeth
Words by Carla Woodburne
For any We Are The Ocean (WATO) fan this album, originally set for release in the summer of 09, has been a serious wait. Waiting builds up high expectations and sometimes it is easy to be let down. However this is most certainly not the case here, it is evident from the first ridiculously catchy song ‘Look Alive’ that this was worth the wait. WATO have truly gone above and beyond any expectations with their debut album ‘Cutting Our Teeth’.
The mature content of this album has to be commended, and as musicians these boys have evolved nicely to bring more depth and substance to 10 extremely good tracks, showing a clear step forward from their first self titled EP. There is a definite sense that this, 5 piece, London based band are really putting their necks on the line. They are doing what they so evidently love and do best. This is obvious in the last track of the album ‘This Is Called My Home’, where vocalist Liam Cromby and Dan Brown sing about the stage being where they belong. In this track one can almost feel the anticipation, the excitement and the burning desire that fuels them; this is heightened by the epic riffs of guitarist Alfie Scully.
With such a vast array of material ‘Cutting Our Teeth’ will definitely keep the listeners attention for the full duration of the album. There is a mix of catchy riffs and chorus lines in songs like ‘These Days’, ‘I Have Nothing’ and ‘I Used To Be So Much More’ The bound to be favourites such as; ‘Confessions’ and ‘(I’ll Grab You By) The Neck Of The Woods’ provide powerful vocals, raw heart pounding screams and riveting guitar solos amplifying how far the band has come to demonstrate the growth in their song writing capabilities.
Regardless of ‘Cutting Our Teeth’ being a greatly produced album, WATO remain a band that one really does have to see live, as their incendiary sound and incredible stage presence makes for one rad band night out.
With this album We Are The Ocean have certainly called dibs on 2010!
February 1st, 2010
Just read this… and bought the album online… good work!