shoegaze

I recently found an old CD case filled with several albums I haven't heard in quite a while and I began listening to The Ocean Blue all over again. Although their sound has a sort of 60's retro feel these days, at one time they were lumped into the dreampop category with a sound that laid somewhere between Cocteau Twins and The Smiths. I consider Cerulean and Beneath the Rythm & Sound as two of their finest albums ever.

Ballerina Out Of Control is a beautiful song, as are several others on the Cerulean album (their only release I've ever heard). The gorgeously chorused guitar was their main attraction for me. I never thought of them as dreampop, just somewhat dreamy pop, if that makes any sense.

LOVE tOB...Saw them once in 1989 at Michigan State University with The Mighty Lemon Drops and John Wesley Harding off their debut CD.

In later years at the Shelter in Detroit...i doubt either show drew more than 50...SHAMEFULLY overlooked band.

Cerulean is a great dream pop album !
I remember this band was a great influence for american shoegaze formations like Half String or Curtain Society.