sometimesalwaysnever sean moore,
shannon rose steele, phil hammil, jeff johnson,
cory gilbert, matt kamm,
doug currier, miguel miranda,
phil mccombs, conrad winslow.
Influences
"the electric grandmother"
Sounds Like
SPLIT EP/CASSETTE
THE OCEAN FLOOR & TELE V CHEESEBURGER
01 All Along 02 Everything Doesn't Necessarily
Always End Up Turning Out
The Way You Want It 03 Ring Around The Moon 04 In A Black Bag 05 09 11 08 06 Silent Killer 07 Always Sometimes Never 08 Don't Feel So Good
01 Down the Drain 02 Bedbugs 03 A Simple Adventure 04 Pillows & Molasses 05 Inner Ear 06 Moat Memories 07 The Ocean’s First 08 Skinny Cloud 09 Scared of Falling Spears 10 Once I Was a Newlywed 11 The Lives They Behave 12 You Can Step on My Toes,
Please 13 Every Grass-Stained Day 14 Up Comes the Sun 15 You and Me and Smiles
"...sounds eerily like the jazz soundtracks to "The Muppet Show" pouring into a pop that's density rivals Henry Cow... The Ocean Floor are writing symphonies by quotation... They're not simply rehashing psych-rock or folk; they have created a pop that's contemporary from history's plateaus." - Andrew Jones, Skyscraper Magazine
"Enamored with a sense of wonder and fascination while never supposing that the novelty of any given situation can ever run out, the album is a loot bag of bejeweled sounds and Barrington’s lyrical versions of a suburban magic-realism. It contains anti-cynicism in concentrated form and whimsical weirdness for weirdness’ sake, all of it bypassing twee’s often overbearing preciousness and supposition that being calculatedly unconventional or childlike should be enough."
- cokemachineglow
"...It was a hearty challenge to uncover the mysteries behind his compositions, none of which spared the raw emotion and intensity of a good poet..." - onwardstate
"This Portland band left me slack-jawed with surprise and delight. It's the perfect record for tramping around in your favorite old-growth forest, watching the ferns grow. Lane Barrington's springy good humor and light-as-a-twinkie vocals make me smile every time I hear them. The acoustic jazz sound takes some very unusual turns--some tracks are perhaps less than accessible. But on songs like "A Simple Adventure", he's really on to something."
- April Baer, OPB Morning Edition
I finally got around to really listening to Pearls are Graceful Hairdressers and it's really amazingly good Lane. I understand it's a compilation of sorts? Anyway I hope to see you all again in Portland as soon as your back from the tour. Looks rather ambitious. I hope you have fun and actually make some money while your at it. All of you are such a talented group of people. -Andrew
too bad you only got to play 3 songs last night. well, it was good to see you play anyways. if you guys are ever back around SF and wanna play a show in a garden, you can come by our place and play a show for our friends and our plants. we'll pack the place out, man. or at the very least we'll make you a tasty salad.
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