Oceansize release their new UK single 'New Pin' on Monday the 20th of March 2006. Taken from 'Everyone Into Position', 'New Pin' finds the band at their most melodic, all pulsating rhythms and deceptively angelic vocals.

All tracks were produced by Dan Austin (Doves, Cooper Temple Clause) and Oceansize and mixed by Danton Supple (Coldplay, Electric Soft Parade).

Oceansize spent the end of 2005 on the road Ð completing an arena tour of Europe with Porcupine Tree and headlining their own shows. The band will be bringing their powerful live show back to the UK in March.

'New Pin' will be available on CD (BBQ 394CD), 7" (BBQ 394) and download (BBQ 394DL). Tracklistings are as follows:

CD & Download:
1. New Pin (edit)
B. Emp(irical)error

7":
A. New Pin (edit)
2. Superfluous To Requirements

Oceansize will be playing their own headlining tour in March:

19 - Bristol Fleece
20 - Liverpool Barfly
21 - Glasgow King Tuts
22 - Birmingham Academy 2
23 - London Koko
24 - Nottingham Rock City
26 - Yeovil Ski Lodge
27 - Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
28 - Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach
29 - Leeds Cockpit
30 - Manchester Academy 2

Oceansize have been confirmed as main support to Porcupine Tree on their European tour:

November
Sun 13th - Paris, Le Bataclan
Mon 14th - Frankfurt, Hogenottenhalle
Tue 15th - Leipzig, Werk 2
Wed 16th - Lodz, Hala Anilana
Fri 18th - Berlin, Columbia Club
Mon 21st - Hannover, Capitol
Tue 22nd - Stuttgart, Longhorn
Wed 23rd - Vienna, Planet Music
Thu 24th - Treviso, New Age
Fri 25th - Milan, Live Club
Sat 26th - Fribourg, Switzerland, Frison
Sun 27th - Pratteln, Switzerland, Z7
Tue 29th - Nuremberg, Lowensaal
Wed 30th - Strasbourg, La Laiterie

December
Fri 2nd - Luxembourg, Den Atelier
Sat 3rd - Antwerp, Hof Ter Lo
Sun 4th - Tilburg, 013

Oceansize have announced they will be performing the following dates across Europe in October:

October
Fri 14th - Maroquinerie Paris France
Mon 17th - Prime Club Cologne Germany
Tue 18th - Knaack Berlin Germany
Wed 19th - Faust Hannover Germany
Thu 20th - Logo Hamburg Germany
Fri 21st - Schuhfabrik Ahlen Germany
Sat 22nd - Colos-Saal Aschaffenburg Germany
Mon 24th - Flex Vienna Austria
Tue 25th - Backstage Club Munchen Germany
Wed 26th - Schocken Stuttgart Germany
Thu 27th - W2 Den Bosch Holland
Sat 29th - LVC Leiden Holland
Sun 30th - Paradiso Amsterdam Holland
Mon 31st - Rotunde Brussels Belgium

Watch the new video for 'Heaven Alive' >>

Oceansize will be playing a short live set followed by a signing session at HMV Liverpool, 22 Church Street, L1 on Thursday 18th August at 5.00pm.

HMV Page >>

Oceansize have confirmed their new album 'Everyone Into Position' will be out on Monday the 19th of September 2005 on Beggars Banquet.

'Everyone Into Position', the band's second album, was recorded at Monnow Valley studio in Monmouth and The Works studio in Stockport with Dan Austin (Doves, The Cooper Temple Clause, People In Planes) and mixed by Danton Supple (Coldplay, Doves) at Sarm Studios.

Taking its title from Mike's observations of how apathetic the world has become, and the pseudo-caring mentality that's sweeping the nation right now, 'Everyone Into Position' is an album that explores every emotion, enveloping the listener in its beauty, its wholeness and musical greatness.

'Everyone Into Position' will be available on CD (BBQCD 244) and vinyl (BBQLP 244). Tracklisting is as follows:

1. The Charm Offensive
2. Heaven Alive
3. A Homage To Shame
4. Meredith
5. Music For a Nurse
6. New Pin
7. No Tomorrow
8. Mine Host
9. You CanÕt Keep A Bad Man Down
10. Ornament/The Last Wrongs

To coincide with the release Oceansize will be playing the following live dates:

September
Fri 16th - Stoke, Sugarmill
Sat 17th - Manchester, Academy 3
Sun 18th - Edinburgh, Cabaret Voltaire
Mon 19th - Newcastle, The Cluny
Wed 21st - Birmingham, Academy 2
Thu 22nd - Nottingham, Rock City
Fri 23rd - Leeds, Cockpit
Sat 24th - Oxford, Zodiac
Mon 26th - Bristol, Fleece & Firkin
Tue 27th - Southampton, Joiners
Wed 28th - Brighton, Ocean Rooms
Thu 29th - London, Islington Academy
Fri 30th - Hull, University

Watch the video for the new single 'Heaven Alive', out on August 15th 2005:

RealVideo (low) >>

RealVideo (high) >>

Oceansize have confirmed their new single as 'Heaven Alive'..a brand new track taken from the forthcoming album 'Everyone Into Position'. The single will be released in mid-August on CD, 7" vinyl and as a download single to coincide with the following live dates:

August
15th London Barfly
16th York Fibbers
17th Glasgow Barfly
18th Liverpool Barfly
19th Cardiff Barfly
20th Escot, Devon - Beautiful Days Festival
28th London, Clapham Common - Get loaded Festival

Prior to that the band will also be appearing at the following festivals :

17th July Guildford Guilfest
4th August Stockton Riverside

Currently mixing their second album at Sarm studio in West London with Danton Supple (Doves, Coldplay, Electric Soft Parade), Oceansize have announced the following festival appearances this Summer :

June
4th - Faversham Festival, Leeds
18th - Peacedog Festival, Ede, Holland
19th - Buckandskit Festival, Reading

July
17th - Guilfest, Guildford

August
20th Beautiful Days Festival, Escot, Devon

The new album was recorded at Monnow Valley studio in Monmouth and The Works studio in Stockport in April/May with Dan Austin (The Cooper Temple Clause, Doves, People In Planes). Entitled 'Everyone Into Position' the album includes the forthcoming single 'Heaven Alive' due for release in August.

Oceansize return for a series of regional shows in March. The band are currently preparing to go into the studio to record their new album, the follow up to their debut ‘Effloresce’ - literally driving direct from the final date in Yeovil to Monnow Valley Studios in Wales to commence recording. Expect to hear some live favourites and startlingly spectacular new songs on these dates! Pure Reason Revolution are supporting at all shows - live dates on the tours page

Less than a year after their cataclysmic debut album, OCEANSIZE break their silence in no uncertain terms with a brand new mini-album, ‘Music For Nurses’, released on 11th October through Beggars Banquet. OCEANSIZE have just been nominated for a Kerrang! Award (Best British Newcomer). The band will headline their own major UK tour in October. Prior to this they’ll be the main support on 6 dates of the Biffy Clyro tour. The full dates are here

Since their debut album "these triple guitar toting visionaries" (KERRANG) have released the acclaimed Catalyst single, toured extensively in America where the band had some heavy desert sessions, met Nicolas Cage, sold loads of albums and got rave reviews.

Their Beggars Banquet debut album 'Effloresce' was one of the most astonishing debut albums to grace the ears of mortals since God decided Adam and Eve should get rocking - and now, the Manchester five-piece are back in action with a brand new four track EP that is quite simply stunning. Entitled 'Music For Nurses', the EP is set for release in on the 11th October, with an extensive UK tour click here for all the dates

Oceansize are out on tour at the moment, heading over to the US and Canada - catch them while you can! Full dates on the tours page

Out now in the UK is the brand new Oceansize single 'Catalyst', on 7" and CD, b/w a live version of 'Women Who Love Men Who Love Drugs'. The cd includes the video for 'Catalyst', plus live footage for 'One Day All This Could Be Yours'. Watch the completed video now in RealVideo hi or RealVideo lo

Oceansize will soon be starting work on the follow-up to their highly acclaimed debut album 'Effloresce' - catch them on tour now - dates on the tours page

We've got an early, in-progress version of the live video for 'One Day All This Could Be Yours' which is set to be included on the next single 'Catalyst' to be released early in 2004. Alongside with the finished version of this video there'll also be the promo video for 'Catalyst'. The video for 'One Day All This Could Be Yours' was shot in September 2003 on the UK tour. We think this early version is amazing - and wanted to let you sneak a peek too... to watch this exclusive, web-only, monochrome video now in Quicktime click here

Oceansize are set to tour Germany this December supporting Arereogramme. They've lined up one London gig on the 4th December at Camden's Barfly before they leave the UK. Check the dates on the tours page

Oceansize have just released their debut album ‘Effloresce’. Dictionary definition?... Effloresce Ef+flo+resce vb. (intr.) 1. To burst forth into or as if into flower; bloom.

‘Effloresce’ features 12 tracks mixing shimmering, delicate ambient keyboards and their trademark hypnotic, 3-guitar attack. All the tracks were recorded and produced by Chris Sheldon (Foo Fighters, Feeder) during Spring /Summer 2003. The album includes the singles ‘One Day All This Could Be Yours’, ‘Remember Where You Are’ and 'Catalyst'. There's a special deluxe packaged CD available. Listen to tracks in RealAudio on the discography/audio page

Read the hype:
"A slice of epic triple guitar abuse from Manchester that proves that prog is the new garage..." NME
"Utter stand-alone perfection, they leave you completely won over." Emma Johnston, KERRANG
"Oceansize are cataclysmic" Dan Martin, NME
"One of the finest from the New Guitar Breed" THE FACE
"simply spellbinding...an immaculate debut" - Kerrang!
"..pure genius" - Rocksound
"staggering debut" - NME
"exceptionally good" - Bang
"Oceansize could easily be the best rock band in the country right now" - Kerrang!

Oceansize are out on tour in the UK now - check the dates on the tours page

This week sees the release of the first Oceansize digital single, 'Catalyst'. The single features one track from Oceansize's debut album Effloresce, 'Catalyst' and a track that isn't on the album 'Breed Siamese'. It comes with artwork, all preformatted - all you need to do is download a compressed file (for Mac or Windows) containing all the bits of the single in one go and hand over a meagre £2, payable easily through SMS, phone, credit cards, or Paypal - buy it now....

Or maybe you want to try before you buy - we can do that - here's a RealAudio stream of Catalyst to take a listen to first...

Still want more? Here's the remarkable new video for Catalyst, directed by Manchester's Soup Collective. It's truly beautiful and impeccably perfect for the song.

Click to watch it in RealVideo hi or RealVideo lo.

Now - buy the digital single....

Oceansize's debut album is scheduled for release on 29th September - entitled 'Effloresce' it features 'Catalyst', 'Amputee', new single 'Remember Where You Are' plus nine other tracks. 'Remember Where You Are' will be released on 7" and CD on 1st September. And, get this, 'Catalyst' will also be available as a download single from 8th September.

The band will be playing the following live dates in September supported by Amplifier (Music For Nations)... more details on the tours page

Having supported Sisters of Mercy on a handful of UK dates in April (including two nights at the Forum in London, and two nights at Blank Canvas in Leeds) Oceansize are nearing completion of a small UK tour of headline shows.

The new EP 'One Day All This Could Be Yours' is out in the UK now, including the title track, 'Breed Siamese' and a live version of 'Massive Bereavement' - available on CD and 10" vinyl. 'Breed Siamese' can be heard in the discography section. 'One Day..' is Playlouder's single-of the-week: www.playlouder.com/feature/

'One Day All This Could Be Yours' has a 5K write-up in this week's Kerrang! Saying:

"If their epic debut 'Relapse EP' whetted appetites, this pitches Manchester's Oceansize as the most dramatic-sounding new band in Britain - like Muse, My Bloody Valentine and Cave In making whoopee in a jam room. It's a deep, dark abyss of a record with hidden treasures."

Oceansize play the Middlesbrough Festival on Mon 26th May before putting the finishing touches to their debut album which they have been recording with producer Chris Sheldon.

Oceansize are set to play a string of live dates this April - Ma... more details on the tours page

Fresh from their raptuous shows with Cave-In, Manchester noiseniks OCEANSIZE release their new EP, 'One Day All This Could Be Yours', on 5th May in the UK through Beggars Banquet.

The EP, produced by Chris Sheldon (Foo Fighters, Feeder), features 2 new songs 'One Day All This Could Be Yours' and 'Breed Siamese' plus a live version of fan favourite ‘Massive Bereavement' recorded on a raucous night at the Witchwood , Ashton-under-Lyme, New Year’s Eve 2002.

The band are currently in the studio with Chris Sheldon recording their debut album for Beggars Banquet.

Expect some OCEANSIZE headline shows soon....watch this space.

Oceansize are set to play four live dates this February supporting Cave In... more details onthe tours page

Oceansize are set to play a special show with the legendary Cardiacs on Friday 15th November at London's Astoria. More information on The Cardiacs at www.cardiacs.com

Oceansize have confirmed an epic UK tour...

Visit the tours page for details on all live dates.

Oceansize release their Beggars Banquet debut EP ‘Relapse’ on 21st October. ‘Relapse’ EP captures their atmospheric three-guitar attack and features live favourite 'Amputee', the epic 'Relapse', plus brand new song 'You Wish’. The EP was produced by Tim Smith, and mixed by the band with Sel Balamir of Amplifier and Eliot James.

Having gigged regularly over the last 12 months with great success, including two tours with The Cooper Temple Clause, Oceansize have an ever-growing reputation for their powerful sound gaining favourable comparisons to Mogwai, Tool, Nirvana, Jane’s Addiction, Can, and Faith No More amongst others. Believe the hype:

“Oceansize emerge victorious…KKKK” – KERRANG!
“Oceansize make a loud raucous three-guitar racket that’ll blow you right out the water” – THE GUARDIAN
"Oceansize are cataclysmic" - NME