I am who I am because of this band. I first heard them on TV in 2003, bought the album and changed my life forever. I discovered so many of my other favourite bands through Oceansize, made lots of friends from their concerts, discovered an entire subculture that they were linked into. I even got commissioned by the band to do a little animation for one of their DVDs, and later went on to become a professional animator. I owe them fucking everything. That point in this song when the double kick drum comes in is easily one of my all time favourite moments in just...all music. Ever. Such a cathartic and emotional release. Life changing.
Oceansize is one of the world's most underrated bands, whose music has deeply affected me both as a listener and musician. They deserve so much more credit for writing such brilliant tunes that also challenge the ear. I hope kids will stream their records by the billions, they truly deserve that and then some
Discovering Oceansize is a joyful and overwhelming experience. I love this song so much. If you want other recommendations I’d go with “Everyone Into Position,” “Oscar Acceptance Speech,” or “Silent/Transparent.” But you can’t go wrong with a single song from this band.
God, yes. Every single one of these suggestions are phenomenal. I'd also add The Frame (title song of this album) for fun metering, or 9/11 Commemorative T-shirt for the same reason. Personally, this is my favorite album from Oceansize.
Rush is a big influence for Mark Heron the drummer at least. He's my brother and we used to watch Rush live videos together in the 80s/90s. Glad you liked them.
Tell your brother that I miss his fillers so much. He should be on top like the big names in Prog /Metal. My biggest wish is to see Oceansize together again.
OCEANSIZE! Perfect!!! My personal favorite is „Ornament/The Last Wrong“. Saw them 5 times in a row in 2008 in Germany (was Part of the production and didn’t know them very well). Incredible, stunning live performances. Became an instant fan and love to listen to them on relaxed evenings.
Home & Minor is the best 32 minutes you'll hear. Music for Nurses. Meredith Silent/Transparent Voorhees!!!! Mike Vennart Gambler and the boys are great. I saw a live studio recording of them working on the album. The engineer makes a comment, I don't even think these guys know what time they are playing in.. Intro is 5/4-7/4 nice 9 chords. Underrated
The Charm Offensive probably has the best build I've ever heard. Goes from groovy to beautiful to heavy, then at the end it throws that cycle away and has such an incredible climax
Glad to see you finally got a taste! I didn't even see this video go up. Trail of Fire, Only Twin, and Ornament-The Last Wrongs are and will remain three of my favorite songs of all time, these guys just made magic with instruments.
Absolutely my favorite song of all time. Nothing in the musical world compares to the end of this track and the composition and progression of the song is unlike anything else for me. So glad you reacted to it!!!
THANK YOU GEEBZ! I think I was one of those requesting this song way back. You literally made my day. I've not been that giddy seeing a notification on TH-cam like ever! Hopefully you'll return to Oceansize in the future, they were such an original band and never got the recognition their talent deserved.
More Oceansize please! There are no real wrong choices. Also, Singer/guitarist Mike Vennart’s solo project Vennart would be nice - Super Sleuth would be a great start
I always hoped to see you cover Oceansize on your channel. "Women who love men who love drugs" is one of the greatest pieces of music mankind has ever created. Have fun discovering this band's discography :)
🔥 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Omgomgomgomg I’ve never been so excited to se a video drop in my TH-cam feed. I’m fairly certain this is my doing as about a year ago I spammed Oceansize suggestions on every geebs vid for like a month. They actually only had 4 full length albums and a lot of singles with fantastic otherwise unreleased b-sides and about 3 eps that could practically be considered full lengths by most bands standards. They were extremely eclectic. 3 guitars (1 also played keys) + bass and a crazy wild card creative drummer. I love this band so much. No other band had as much of an effect on my life as much as Oceansize. Thanks so much Geebs! Loving my headphones!
We got the conversation going on twitter for a while and he promised to do it a few weeks ago, but then forgot and I just pushed it one last time 2 days ago
I really dig this and it was the meter changes/odd time signatures that hooked me almost immediately!! If this is indicative of the rest of Oceansize's music, then rabbit-hole here I come!! Thank you for introducing me to another great band Geebz!!
Just listen to the whole album (frames) from the beginning til the end and you'll see. Then if it was your cup of tea, check out the previous album: everyone into position
Oh the amazing memories I have of Oceansize. I stumbled upon them in my youth. It was this song in particular. I'm your number one American fan, Oceansize!
Been waiting for so long to see Oceansize on a reaction channel! Super underrated band. 'Frames' gets a decent amount of love, but the follow-up "Self-Preserved While the Bodies Float Up' is a must-have for modern prog fans. Also, I'd suggest checking out 'Getting Where Water Cannot' from the EP that was released between the two records. Edit: There's also a great video of them playing Frames live, called, um, 'Frames Live'.
I know I've suggested Oceansize so many times over the past year on your videos - I like to think others were recommending them too - but I toured with this band in the mid-00s and seeing you finally react to them is just a pure joy. Remarkable catalogue of music. Frames, which is the album Trail of Fire is from, is an incredible listen. Highly recommend songs such as Catalyst, Unfamiliar, Amputee, The Charm Offensive, Music For A Nurse, Women Who Love Men Who Love Drugs, Oscar Acceptance Speech. Christ, all of their music is worth decomposing.
This is easily my favorite band. I have this album cover (Frames) tattoo'd on my leg. Oceansize starter-song recommendations: "walking in the air", "Oscar Acceptance Speech", "Catalyst", "Commemorative 9/11 T-Shirt", "The Charm Offensive", "Meredith", "No Tomorrow", "SuperImposter"
One of the best bands ever.. this tune always takes me back to driving around New Zealand in a hire car on my travels. The goosebumps this tune gives me. It’s so good.
This album is diverse. Frames is an all time classic in my eyes and my favourite from them. They are also from my home City, good old Manchester England. 🤘🏼
They're my favorite band of all time (hence the TH-cam name)! They consistently reached the same heights, and still changed and evolved on every album. The complexity of their music doesn't come at the cost of musicality or feeling, it just keeps you hooked, even after twenty years of listening to them. Shame none of the other projects that followed from the separate members comes even close to what they did collectively. Also, Mark Heron is just the craziest drummer ever. Around their debut album he apparently even recorded bird song and turned it into these wonderful drum parts that are a musical piece upon themselves
Still only 2500 views for this video, while the recent Slipknot and Tool videos are already over 10k views. It's a shame so many are missing out on this gem.
A great choice of song to analyse, because I think it has a little bit of everything that the 'Size were great at, from the soundscapes to the weird time sigs to the full on face melting outro. When I got into Oceansize a few years back, this is the track that really blew my mind and made them instantly an all time favourite of mine.
For exactly that reason I suggested him to do that one. I believe it has all the elements that makes them them. Although vennart once told me that for him it would be ornament/the last wrong
Yes yes yes. Oceansize, finally. There is so many gems in their catalogue. I personally LOVE amputee and Oscar acceptance speech. No wrong turns. Enjoy.
I can't say how much I absolutely adored Oceansize. They were like a 90s alternative take on prog metal. They didn't have 10 albums, they had 4 and a bunch of EPs and singles and whatnot. And they were active between 1998 and 2011. Drummer was apparently an addict and it was affecting their live shows and making the rest of the band get resentful so they split. One of my few regrets in life is not being able to see them live. I have their Feed to Feed and Frames DVD and they were extremely TIGHT. And to add an edit: Oceansize is fantastic music but I think it's one of those bands that's hard to appreciate in a reaction format. It's like when you try a new cuisine for the first time and you know you like and want to try it again but you're not sure why. I've personally had a very hard time articulating why people should listen to them other than "they're so good."
Bit more to it than the drummer being an addict (and I’m not sure if that is technically true). He was a factor in the break up, a big one, but there were a lot of other things going on. I’m not trying to come across as argumentative, I’m only commenting for the sake of fairness. I’ve spoken with Mike a few times about this and he’s always been pretty open and honest about it - he never gave this as the reason.
@@iandarke7417 Maybe addict was a strong term but my understanding is that Heron would arrive at the show trashed and it turned their last tour into an embarrassing hell. I believe it turned into a Hodson and Heron vs Vennart and Durose situation Gambler feeling like he was isolated and done. Forgive me for oversimplifying it but it's a TH-cam comment section.
A lot of trashing of Mark Heron's reputation here. It was just one gig that he wasn't capable of playing due to being fucked up. One gig. People speaking of him being an addict don't know what they are talking about.
NOOOOOO!!!!!!! Their song "Only Twin" would've been such a great match for your style of reactions. Rhythmic Dissonance, growing tension till the eventual (and most satisfying) resolve. You MUST consider reacting to it. I insist!
This makes me so incredibly happy. Oceansize has been with me since 2004 and nobody ever seemed to like them except for one of my guitar teachers. And now it's 2022 and people are discovering it?! That's amazing. Also very funny to see you count in the beginning of Trail of Fire as I always do the same thing and can never figure it out :D What I love is that they're one of those bands who are really accessible and yet I can't figure out what the hell they're doing for the life of me. I showed said guitar teacher the song "Savant" from the same album and it was the only time I recall he couldn't figure out something immediately. Next lesson, he had deciphered the canon parts in the end and it was beautiful to understand. Still keep those notes close. Maybe one day I'll write something inspired by it. At least I keep telling myself that :D
You finally did it! Thank you so much. I’m the one who been nagging for it on twitter and here for more than a year. You are the man. The best person here on TH-cam. You’re so honest and we can all see how natural you are. A bit of the band. They were funded in 99 but got the first full-length album in 2003 (effloresce). Then 2005 (everyone into position) and 2007( frames, where this song comes from) last album was in 2010 (self-preserved while the bodies floating). They are 3 guitarist , but one of them sometimes plays the keyboards and that’s what you heard in this track. They were always full of layers. So again thanks for exposing them to a bigger crowd. I know I was a bit annoying nagging the whole time. But you did it! Aloha!
You deserve a medal :) Always stoked to see Oceansize get some larger exposure. I'm surprised that in these days of social media and reaction videos they haven't been suggested more often to prog-friendly reactors. It's always Tool, Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree, Polyphia, Mastodon etc.
I was sure I was the only one who kept nagging about Oceansize. So much fun to see so many other fans here in the comments. Can’t wait for more reactions
So glad that you reacted to Oceansize! For me they are one of the most underrated bands in this genre. My fav songs are the "Women Who Love Men Who Love Drugs" and "Music for a Nurse" you should check them.
This was lovely. Thank you. One of my favourite songs of all times, when I'm happy, when I'm said, when I'm anxious. Doesn't matter... in my opinion one of their most refined, trippy and beautiful works. And also everything the other guys say. 😄
I am SO happy you're getting onto Oceansize! They accompanied this album with a video of the entire album played in the studio, so you can see just how it all comes together. A massive inspiration for everything I've ever dabbled in music-wise - still feel this is their magnum opus!
Anywhere you get a lot of rain like Manchester, Glasgow, Seattle etc you tend to get great music eg the Smiths, Sensational Alex Harvey Band Oceansize and Alice in chains.
Managed to see these guys supporting Porcupine Tree, real entrancing polyrhythms & layers to their stuff. I saw in one of their rare interviews that 'Frames' was mostly inspired by the drummers rhythm changes & patterns
I remember lending my my mate my oceansize cd in his car and then he was playing drums for vennart. Seen oceansize like 6 times wish they were still about
I think I was one of the commenters trying to bring this song/band to your attention. Amazing to see you give it some time of day. In many ways I think these folks were my all-time favorite band. Very post rock, but a bit more complex and louder at times, great vocals, very unique but also very beautiful chords and melodies, great arrangements and it all still very much sounds like a band in a garage doing their thing
Yes!! Thanks so much for doing this one Geebz. They've been a criminally underrated band They are a 5 piece band, 2/3 guitarists depending on what they want for the song. 1 of those guitarists "Gambler" also plays keys
Soooo happy you did this and my favourite track by them as well. This does require repeat listens to click but when it does MAN it’s an emotional musical journey. My second fave by then is a track called ‘Massive Bereavement’
FYI Oceansize started in 1998 and released their first album 'Effloresce' in 2003. They only released four full-length albums so not sure where you're getting your info? Maybe you're mistaking EPs for albums? Regardless, I'm still so pleased to see them on your channel! :D
My guess is that the live DVD/CD set Feed to Feed added 3-4 albums and then yes, EPs (Home & Minor often gets listed as a full length for some reason). Toss in Music For Nurses (or don’t) and we hit 10.
Effloresce is such a great album. I'm not a fan of the direction they took on their other works, like this. It feels unrehearsed and forced where Effloresce was full of tracks which were given more composition time to be more coherent
Broooo this is AWESOME! Can't believe you really did a video on Oceansize, one of my favourite bands ever! Now if you'll do one for dredg I could die a happy man 😄 (Also Oceansize have so many more great songs in their discography like Catalyst, Women Who Love Men Who Love Drugs, One out of None, No Tomorrow, Savant, The Frame etc. etc.)
Geenz, the way you didn't halt on the pinch of this track makes me respect you so much. I've been a subscriber way before this jam. You are a tradesmen. Still wish this band didn't die so early....
Holy crap. I've been listening to Oceansize for years, since the release of Frames, and I just realized that the cover art is fractured "OEACEANSIZE" hence "Frames".
OCEANSIZE songs to cover in no particular order: Saturday Morning Breakfast Show Commemorative T-shirt A Homage to a Shame The Charm Offensive Music For A Nurse No Tomorrow Catalyst
Not sure if anyone’s requested them, but you really should hear some’O.S.I’, anything would be great, but maybe a known one with ‘Free’, awesome stuff indeed.
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I am who I am because of this band. I first heard them on TV in 2003, bought the album and changed my life forever. I discovered so many of my other favourite bands through Oceansize, made lots of friends from their concerts, discovered an entire subculture that they were linked into. I even got commissioned by the band to do a little animation for one of their DVDs, and later went on to become a professional animator. I owe them fucking everything. That point in this song when the double kick drum comes in is easily one of my all time favourite moments in just...all music. Ever. Such a cathartic and emotional release. Life changing.
Oceansize is one of the world's most underrated bands, whose music has deeply affected me both as a listener and musician. They deserve so much more credit for writing such brilliant tunes that also challenge the ear. I hope kids will stream their records by the billions, they truly deserve that and then some
Couldn't agree more
Actually my favorite band. It kind of bums me out that I never meet anyone who knows them.
An absolute piece of art…
Frames is one of the most brilliant albums I’ve ever listened to. Masterpiece
Yeah they're good. I've met em a few times.
Discovering Oceansize is a joyful and overwhelming experience. I love this song so much. If you want other recommendations I’d go with “Everyone Into Position,” “Oscar Acceptance Speech,” or “Silent/Transparent.” But you can’t go wrong with a single song from this band.
God, yes. Every single one of these suggestions are phenomenal. I'd also add The Frame (title song of this album) for fun metering, or 9/11 Commemorative T-shirt for the same reason. Personally, this is my favorite album from Oceansize.
After all that bands you finally landed here. So underrated, so rare, so fantastic. Excellent track to start with. 👍🤘
Rush is a big influence for Mark Heron the drummer at least. He's my brother and we used to watch Rush live videos together in the 80s/90s. Glad you liked them.
I appreciate your brother so much. He had a non-traditional path to learning drums, and his patterns and techniques are really unique.
Tell your brother that I miss his fillers so much. He should be on top like the big names in Prog /Metal. My biggest wish is to see Oceansize together again.
Met your bro a few times. Definitely inspired me as a drummer just to think about how to better utilise my otherwise lazy left hand
OMG I CAN"T BELIEVE YOU FINALLY DISCOVERED OCEANSIZE, WITHOUT A DOUBT THE BEST POST-RADIOHEAD STYLE BAND!!!!!!
OCEANSIZE! Perfect!!! My personal favorite is „Ornament/The Last Wrong“. Saw them 5 times in a row in 2008 in Germany (was Part of the production and didn’t know them very well). Incredible, stunning live performances. Became an instant fan and love to listen to them on relaxed evenings.
That's definitely one of those 10/10 songs...
such a great song also. Those guys know how to build up, emotional and dynamic wise.
Haven't heard this band before but wow this track is incredible
Check them out! One of the greatest bands I've ever heard. I'd suggest continuing with this album (Frames) if you want more like this
This is the kind of comments I wanted to read.
Home & Minor is the best 32 minutes you'll hear. Music for Nurses. Meredith Silent/Transparent Voorhees!!!! Mike Vennart Gambler and the boys are great. I saw a live studio recording of them working on the album. The engineer makes a comment, I don't even think these guys know what time they are playing in..
Intro is 5/4-7/4 nice 9 chords. Underrated
Oceansize album Everyone Into Position is one of the best albums I ever heard. Brilliant music. Music for a Nurse! What a song! Highly recommended
My all time favorite record.
@@coreymcnaught love every second of it.
One of my fav albums. I know it's cliche to say but Music for a Nurse man, that song is one of the most beautiful songs ever
I think all their albums make up my top 10! 🤘
The Charm Offensive probably has the best build I've ever heard. Goes from groovy to beautiful to heavy, then at the end it throws that cycle away and has such an incredible climax
Finally someone talking about oceansize, my fav band 4 ever
Glad to see you finally got a taste! I didn't even see this video go up. Trail of Fire, Only Twin, and Ornament-The Last Wrongs are and will remain three of my favorite songs of all time, these guys just made magic with instruments.
Absolutely my favorite song of all time. Nothing in the musical world compares to the end of this track and the composition and progression of the song is unlike anything else for me. So glad you reacted to it!!!
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one of the best climaxes ever in the history of songs
THANK YOU GEEBZ! I think I was one of those requesting this song way back. You literally made my day. I've not been that giddy seeing a notification on TH-cam like ever! Hopefully you'll return to Oceansize in the future, they were such an original band and never got the recognition their talent deserved.
You finally did it!!! I don’t want to be greedy, but more Oceansize please ♥️♥️
More Oceansize please! There are no real wrong choices. Also, Singer/guitarist Mike Vennart’s solo project Vennart would be nice - Super Sleuth would be a great start
I adore Donkey Kong. Would love to see that reaction.
Also, yeah, good shout on Super Sleuth.
I swear Elemental has the greatest/heaviest guitar tones ever captured. XD
Man, Super Sleuth is fantastic. That whole album seems like Mike's attempt at a 90s rock album, and he absolutely nails it. Love his body of work.
great track! these guys are genius!
Time for Cardiacs now, go for the track Dirty Boy
I always hoped to see you cover Oceansize on your channel. "Women who love men who love drugs" is one of the greatest pieces of music mankind has ever created. Have fun discovering this band's discography :)
Oceansize were on another level. Never heard such unique composition anywhere else.
Most underappreciated band of all time
Good God it finally happened!!
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Omgomgomgomg I’ve never been so excited to se a video drop in my TH-cam feed. I’m fairly certain this is my doing as about a year ago I spammed Oceansize suggestions on every geebs vid for like a month. They actually only had 4 full length albums and a lot of singles with fantastic otherwise unreleased b-sides and about 3 eps that could practically be considered full lengths by most bands standards. They were extremely eclectic. 3 guitars (1 also played keys) + bass and a crazy wild card creative drummer. I love this band so much. No other band had as much of an effect on my life as much as Oceansize. Thanks so much Geebs! Loving my headphones!
We got the conversation going on twitter for a while and he promised to do it a few weeks ago, but then forgot and I just pushed it one last time 2 days ago
@@xknottykidx awesome!
there's alot going on in Oceansize's songs. I'm still picking up stuff i didn't hear 10 years ago. brilliance. and fantastic production
Alright, now it's time for Cardiacs.
Dude, yes.
Fiery Gun Hand please
Oh God
Wow, I wasn't expecting this band.
Geebz, you're fvcking great ❤️ 🇨🇴
Columbia here, too.
Oceansize is the perfect band IMO. They always take me on a soundscape journey. They have so much to offer, I hope you react to more.
I really dig this and it was the meter changes/odd time signatures that hooked me almost immediately!! If this is indicative of the rest of Oceansize's music, then rabbit-hole here I come!!
Thank you for introducing me to another great band Geebz!!
Just listen to the whole album (frames) from the beginning til the end and you'll see. Then if it was your cup of tea, check out the previous album: everyone into position
@@xknottykidx heck, just start with Effloresce and enjoy the journey. All of their music, even the EPs, was fantastic.
One of my favorite bands. One of my favorite tracks. Amazing. ❤
Great band. Miss them very much.
Started w/ the best one, great choice
Oh the amazing memories I have of Oceansize. I stumbled upon them in my youth. It was this song in particular. I'm your number one American fan, Oceansize!
Been waiting for so long to see Oceansize on a reaction channel! Super underrated band. 'Frames' gets a decent amount of love, but the follow-up "Self-Preserved While the Bodies Float Up' is a must-have for modern prog fans. Also, I'd suggest checking out 'Getting Where Water Cannot' from the EP that was released between the two records. Edit: There's also a great video of them playing Frames live, called, um, 'Frames Live'.
Oceansize were in a league of their own
I know I've suggested Oceansize so many times over the past year on your videos - I like to think others were recommending them too - but I toured with this band in the mid-00s and seeing you finally react to them is just a pure joy. Remarkable catalogue of music. Frames, which is the album Trail of Fire is from, is an incredible listen. Highly recommend songs such as Catalyst, Unfamiliar, Amputee, The Charm Offensive, Music For A Nurse, Women Who Love Men Who Love Drugs, Oscar Acceptance Speech. Christ, all of their music is worth decomposing.
Yay! glad you finally got round to listening/decomposing Oceansize.
One of the greatest bands ever!
This is easily my favorite band. I have this album cover (Frames) tattoo'd on my leg. Oceansize starter-song recommendations: "walking in the air", "Oscar Acceptance Speech", "Catalyst", "Commemorative 9/11 T-Shirt", "The Charm Offensive", "Meredith", "No Tomorrow", "SuperImposter"
Yeah, Walking in the air is really something, brings a good tears
Never thought I’d see the day! Haven’t seen it yet but MORE OCEANSIZE PLEASE!
OCEANSIZE?! FUCK YES. Medal for whoever recommended this, my favourite band.
What a great revelation! Thx for another pleasant surprise
One of the best bands ever.. this tune always takes me back to driving around New Zealand in a hire car on my travels. The goosebumps this tune gives me. It’s so good.
Type Oceansize Negative?
Tim Smith of Cardiacs produced stuff for Oveansize.. Cardiacs are definitely Worth checking out.
Holy shit an oceansize reaction. Was going to suggest these, seen them 3 times and Vennart once. Always incredible. Miss them.
Funny you mentioned Rick Beato, I believe he's mentioned a few times that Oceansize is one of his favorite bands :)
Has he? Could u point me to that. I have also nagging him to do a Oceanside video
Wow really!?!? Hell yeah Rick!
Oh my gosh you actually reacted to Oceansize!! My absolute favourite band. Can't wait to watch this.
This album is diverse. Frames is an all time classic in my eyes and my favourite from them. They are also from my home City, good old Manchester England. 🤘🏼
They're my favorite band of all time (hence the TH-cam name)! They consistently reached the same heights, and still changed and evolved on every album. The complexity of their music doesn't come at the cost of musicality or feeling, it just keeps you hooked, even after twenty years of listening to them. Shame none of the other projects that followed from the separate members comes even close to what they did collectively.
Also, Mark Heron is just the craziest drummer ever. Around their debut album he apparently even recorded bird song and turned it into these wonderful drum parts that are a musical piece upon themselves
Oceansize is the best. Thank you for doing this reaction.
Yes! my favorite song of my favorite band, thank you!
This song is an amazing journey and the lyrics are a prodigal son type journey to rediscover the light in all of us.
Still only 2500 views for this video, while the recent Slipknot and Tool videos are already over 10k views. It's a shame so many are missing out on this gem.
Incredible band, i miss them very very much.
Dude, somehow you find your ways into the best, most obscure corners of music. I love this band. Thank you!
A great choice of song to analyse, because I think it has a little bit of everything that the 'Size were great at, from the soundscapes to the weird time sigs to the full on face melting outro. When I got into Oceansize a few years back, this is the track that really blew my mind and made them instantly an all time favourite of mine.
For exactly that reason I suggested him to do that one. I believe it has all the elements that makes them them. Although vennart once told me that for him it would be ornament/the last wrong
Agreed, kinda shows a lot of what they do
Yes yes yes. Oceansize, finally. There is so many gems in their catalogue. I personally LOVE amputee and Oscar acceptance speech. No wrong turns. Enjoy.
I can't say how much I absolutely adored Oceansize. They were like a 90s alternative take on prog metal. They didn't have 10 albums, they had 4 and a bunch of EPs and singles and whatnot. And they were active between 1998 and 2011. Drummer was apparently an addict and it was affecting their live shows and making the rest of the band get resentful so they split. One of my few regrets in life is not being able to see them live. I have their Feed to Feed and Frames DVD and they were extremely TIGHT.
And to add an edit: Oceansize is fantastic music but I think it's one of those bands that's hard to appreciate in a reaction format. It's like when you try a new cuisine for the first time and you know you like and want to try it again but you're not sure why. I've personally had a very hard time articulating why people should listen to them other than "they're so good."
Bit more to it than the drummer being an addict (and I’m not sure if that is technically true). He was a factor in the break up, a big one, but there were a lot of other things going on. I’m not trying to come across as argumentative, I’m only commenting for the sake of fairness.
I’ve spoken with Mike a few times about this and he’s always been pretty open and honest about it - he never gave this as the reason.
@@iandarke7417 Maybe addict was a strong term but my understanding is that Heron would arrive at the show trashed and it turned their last tour into an embarrassing hell. I believe it turned into a Hodson and Heron vs Vennart and Durose situation Gambler feeling like he was isolated and done. Forgive me for oversimplifying it but it's a TH-cam comment section.
A lot of trashing of Mark Heron's reputation here. It was just one gig that he wasn't capable of playing due to being fucked up. One gig. People speaking of him being an addict don't know what they are talking about.
NOOOOOO!!!!!!! Their song "Only Twin" would've been such a great match for your style of reactions. Rhythmic Dissonance, growing tension till the eventual (and most satisfying) resolve. You MUST consider reacting to it. I insist!
+1
Only Twin (or even Savant) is a great match indeed.
100% agree, "Only Twin" is one of their best songs. Geebz, hear us out, you need to listen to it, it's truly cathartic :)
Such a great band! One of my favorites, hope you come back to them! My next choice would be "Music for a Nurse"
This makes me so incredibly happy. Oceansize has been with me since 2004 and nobody ever seemed to like them except for one of my guitar teachers. And now it's 2022 and people are discovering it?! That's amazing. Also very funny to see you count in the beginning of Trail of Fire as I always do the same thing and can never figure it out :D
What I love is that they're one of those bands who are really accessible and yet I can't figure out what the hell they're doing for the life of me.
I showed said guitar teacher the song "Savant" from the same album and it was the only time I recall he couldn't figure out something immediately. Next lesson, he had deciphered the canon parts in the end and it was beautiful to understand. Still keep those notes close. Maybe one day I'll write something inspired by it. At least I keep telling myself that :D
You finally did it! Thank you so much. I’m the one who been nagging for it on twitter and here for more than a year. You are the man. The best person here on TH-cam. You’re so honest and we can all see how natural you are.
A bit of the band. They were funded in 99 but got the first full-length album in 2003 (effloresce). Then 2005 (everyone into position) and 2007( frames, where this song comes from) last album was in 2010 (self-preserved while the bodies floating). They are 3 guitarist , but one of them sometimes plays the keyboards and that’s what you heard in this track. They were always full of layers. So again thanks for exposing them to a bigger crowd. I know I was a bit annoying nagging the whole time. But you did it! Aloha!
You deserve a medal :) Always stoked to see Oceansize get some larger exposure. I'm surprised that in these days of social media and reaction videos they haven't been suggested more often to prog-friendly reactors. It's always Tool, Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree, Polyphia, Mastodon etc.
I thought it was me. I spammed him everyday for like a month about a year ago with Oceansize suggestions. XD
I was sure I was the only one who kept nagging about Oceansize. So much fun to see so many other fans here in the comments. Can’t wait for more reactions
You can't go wrong with any Oceansize song, please do more! No Tomorrow, A Homage to a Shame, Sleeping Dogs and Dead Lions are all great choices!
Oh my days, you finally went there. THANK YOU GEEBZ - this band deserves it, big time.
So glad that you reacted to Oceansize! For me they are one of the most underrated bands in this genre. My fav songs are the "Women Who Love Men Who Love Drugs" and "Music for a Nurse" you should check them.
Seen this band more than any other. Blew me away every single time.
This was lovely. Thank you. One of my favourite songs of all times, when I'm happy, when I'm said, when I'm anxious. Doesn't matter... in my opinion one of their most refined, trippy and beautiful works.
And also everything the other guys say. 😄
This is pretty good. I'm digging the song.
Oceansize got their name from a Janes Addiction song
I am SO happy you're getting onto Oceansize! They accompanied this album with a video of the entire album played in the studio, so you can see just how it all comes together. A massive inspiration for everything I've ever dabbled in music-wise - still feel this is their magnum opus!
One of the best prog bsnds ever. So underrated
Oh dang! I so excited.
Such a great choice ! I miss them so much..
Me too, bro
Me too
YES! I've been waiting for you to get round to Oceansize. Must be the most under-rated Manc band.
Anywhere you get a lot of rain like Manchester, Glasgow, Seattle etc you tend to get great music eg the Smiths, Sensational Alex Harvey Band Oceansize and Alice in chains.
Managed to see these guys supporting Porcupine Tree, real entrancing polyrhythms & layers to their stuff. I saw in one of their rare interviews that 'Frames' was mostly inspired by the drummers rhythm changes & patterns
I remember lending my my mate my oceansize cd in his car and then he was playing drums for vennart. Seen oceansize like 6 times wish they were still about
Really like this! Really reminds me of Adebisi Shank.
It’s like you are my algorithm! Haha one of my all time favorite bands recently revisiting and learned this gem on guitar. What timing!! Love it!
Oceansize is such a cool band!! I'm so happy you did this reaction. Would love to see more of them on this channel.
I think I was one of the commenters trying to bring this song/band to your attention. Amazing to see you give it some time of day. In many ways I think these folks were my all-time favorite band. Very post rock, but a bit more complex and louder at times, great vocals, very unique but also very beautiful chords and melodies, great arrangements and it all still very much sounds like a band in a garage doing their thing
Wow. Didn't think anyone would ever react to this incredibly underrated band!
Yes!!
Thanks so much for doing this one Geebz.
They've been a criminally underrated band
They are a 5 piece band, 2/3 guitarists depending on what they want for the song. 1 of those guitarists "Gambler" also plays keys
Soooo happy you did this and my favourite track by them as well. This does require repeat listens to click but when it does MAN it’s an emotional musical journey. My second fave by then is a track called ‘Massive Bereavement’
LOVE Massive Bereavement. For those interested, it's a song dedicated to the late, great Bill Hicks.
FYI Oceansize started in 1998 and released their first album 'Effloresce' in 2003. They only released four full-length albums so not sure where you're getting your info? Maybe you're mistaking EPs for albums? Regardless, I'm still so pleased to see them on your channel! :D
My guess is that the live DVD/CD set Feed to Feed added 3-4 albums and then yes, EPs (Home & Minor often gets listed as a full length for some reason). Toss in Music For Nurses (or don’t) and we hit 10.
Effloresce is such a great album. I'm not a fan of the direction they took on their other works, like this. It feels unrehearsed and forced where Effloresce was full of tracks which were given more composition time to be more coherent
About time for Oceansize! ❤️❤️❤️
High quality band, released 4 albums and a bunch of EP's, disbanded in 2011.
Broooo this is AWESOME! Can't believe you really did a video on Oceansize, one of my favourite bands ever!
Now if you'll do one for dredg I could die a happy man 😄
(Also Oceansize have so many more great songs in their discography like Catalyst, Women Who Love Men Who Love Drugs, One out of None, No Tomorrow, Savant, The Frame etc. etc.)
Geenz, the way you didn't halt on the pinch of this track makes me respect you so much. I've been a subscriber way before this jam. You are a tradesmen.
Still wish this band didn't die so early....
One of the best songs ever written, IMO. No band will ever top them.
Great sound from a great band- Catalyst is one of my favourite song of theirs🤘🏼
Holy crap. I've been listening to Oceansize for years, since the release of Frames, and I just realized that the cover art is fractured "OEACEANSIZE" hence "Frames".
Omg u react to oceansize!?!?😍😍😍
Thank ypu Geebz!
I'm so glad you did oceansize, easily one of my favorite bands. Own 2 copies of this album lol
We're edging ever closer to a Key of Geebz Cardiacs video.
OCEANSIZE songs to cover in no particular order:
Saturday Morning Breakfast Show
Commemorative T-shirt
A Homage to a Shame
The Charm Offensive
Music For A Nurse
No Tomorrow
Catalyst
I think a track like One Day All This Could Be Yours would be very much up Geebz' alley
Finally! I've suggested Oceansize several times. Thank you! 😊
Hope you like it!
Thank you Geebz
Come on geebz! One more oceansize reaction pleasee :) The charm offensive is a good way to go.
Phenomenal track. A friend got me hooked on Oceanside many years ago when he played You Can’t Keep a Bad Man Down and I was utterly blown away.
Not sure if anyone’s requested them, but you really should hear some’O.S.I’, anything would be great, but maybe a known one with ‘Free’, awesome stuff indeed.