Contagious

Hello everyone!

If you haven't checked it out or heard yet our latest release, The Endless & Unseen, was recently reviewed by Jackie at Addicted2Shows.com. I pasted the article below for your enjoyment.

Hope you're all doing well and have an awesome weekend.

- Eric

Like The Ocean

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Like The Ocean's Debut Album, "The Endless & Unseen"


Hailing from California’s Bay Area, Like the Ocean has just completed their first full-length album entitled, The Endless and Unseen. Band members Eric Padilla (guitar/vocals), Jared Duke (bass), John Miller (guitar/vocals), and Kenny Padilla (drums) derived their aquatically-themed name from a lyric in their song “This is the Moment:” “sway and swell like the ocean.”

Even with a name that seems to insinuate a certain kind of calm, the 11-track compilation is actually a pretty consistent mix of high-energy rock. Heavily filled with electric guitar and strong drum beats, from the get-go on The Endless and Unseen, you get a clear idea of what to expect from Like the Ocean on this album.

“Lucy” has a classic rock vibe to it, allowing both Miller and Padilla to share the vocal reins. Miller and Padilla actually do a good deal of vocal sharing on The Endless and Unseen, a nice departure and something uncharacteristic of most bands.

“Won’t You Listen” slows it down just a little, with Miller playing a little more of a funk-style of guitar. “Afterglow” is probably the most mellow song on the album. It’s mainly acoustic guitar-driven until about 2 minutes into the tune when the electric guitar and tambourine come in.

There is one word that comes to mind when I think of Like the Ocean’s music: contagious. Their melodies, their instrumentals are all extremely and consistently contagious. If you’re looking for a song about summer romance or a slow ballad to dance to with your sweetheart, this isn’t the album for you. This is actually one of the few albums I’ve heard in a long time that consists completely of 100% upbeat and charged-up music.

It's too late for the word of the day. I don't even know what day it is anymore.

But the video update #2 is done! Enjoy!



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So, for the four of you who are our only "followers"...

I just want to let you know that we will be posting another video update this weekend, and we invite you to tune in because we've got some cool things to say about ourselves. Haha. We've done a couple of things in the past two weeks that we are excited about, and we'd like to express it to you through video. Wow!

So I'm heading to rehearsal now, where we'll finish up the filming... and we should have the finished result tomorrow or Saturday. You'll find it here, on our blog, and on our myspace page in the blogs section. (myspace.com/liektheoceanmusic)

Kenny