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October 2008
OCEAN "Pantheon Of The Lesser" CD/LP November 11, 2008
Finally after nearly 3 years of work and anticipation Ocean's Pantheon Of The Lesser will be released on November 11, 2008.  Ocean's debut release Here Where Nothing Grows quickly became Important's highest selling record as Ocean crossed the country and the records received tremendous commercial praise. In all possible ways Pantheon is and will be a bigger record.

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OCEAN "Pantheon Of The Lesser" CD/LP November 11, 2008
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July 2007
Well, again, it's been a while. Here's whats been happening in the Ocean
camp.
Last March we did 10 days on the road with our dear friends Bloody Panda,
and a few dates with Rwake and Minsk. It was a blast. We would like to thank
the following for making the tour a success: Jonathan Morse, Bloody Panda,
Rwake, Minsk, Conifer, The Body, Unearthly Trance, Made Out Of Babies, Lee
from NTT, Curran Reynolds, Nadja, The Beta Cloud, Pamantti Bros., Cough,
Salome, Jo and all the kids in B-More, Enure, MD 20/20, and, of course every
one who came out to the shows, bought some merch, got us high and or let us
sleep on their floor.
The UK vinyl repress of "Here Where Nothing Grows" is finally out. It's 2
records on 2 different color splatter vinyl with foil press covers. Limited
to 1000 copies. It's available through Important Records in the US, or
through www.invadashop.co.uk in Europe.
We have a split 12" with CONIFER coming out soon on Important. The song on
our side is called Durance Vile and is a tribute to our beloved home town of
Portland, Maine. Conifer's track is called "Building State Empire", and is
killer! This is gonna be out really soon.
Our new full length "Pantheon of the Lesser" is pretty much done, we are
going back into the studio to mix soon. It will feature Yosh from Bloody
Panda on guest vocals on one song, and cover art by Maine based artist Bruce
Hutchison.
We will playing a few shows regionally this summer, including the third
annual Maine Stoner / Doom Fest in August, check out
www.myspace/mainestonerdoomfestiii for all the info. We hope to be on the
road again this fall,

October 2006-----------------------]

Again, sorry about the lack of updates latley. We have been pretty busy this summer. We played some pretty cool shows in New York with Mono, Boston with Boris and a few dates in New Hampshire and Maine with Kayo Dot. We have been in the studio here in Maine (again with Marc Bartholemew) working on the new album for Important Records, now tenativly titled "Pantheon of the Lesser".
We have most of it done and we are really happy with it. No release date
yet, but things are moving forward. Our first EP,"Monument/Fork lashing Eye(2004) is being rereleased through 43rd Parallel records as a limited to 500 vinyl pressing with foil print covers. Release is set for mid November. More info coming soon.
There is also a European vinyl pressing of "Here Where Nothing Grows" in the works, again, more info coming soon.
We will be playing a couple of reginal shows in the next few months, and
hope to be back on the road in the Spring.

June 2006---------------------------]

Just got home from the Spring tour. We had good time and got to play with
alot of really great bands. We would like to thank everyone who helped us
out. Special thanks go out to: Sin of Angels, Deadbird, Syzlak, Jessica and
Mark in Philly,Jo,Jo,and ofcourse Kristy(linda) in Baltimore,Daren in
Atlanta, All the kids at the Pit in Jacksonville, Bob,Chuck, and Downtown
Music in Little Rock, Bowel and Cardinale in Texas. Kattie Carlson (thanks
for everything, you're the best!) Graves at Sea,Martin and Big Buisness in
LA, Black Cobra,Akimbo, Torche,Pudding and Josh in SF, Webi,Saros,Embers,
the Makai,Nick at Gilman St., Chiyo,Dino from Asunder,Samuri Duck in Eugene,
Jason, Flying Fortress,Blood Hag, Black Elk in Portland. The mightly
Lesbian, Scary Bear,Nichole in SLC,Deer Creek ,Across Tundras,Barry in
Lincoln,Evan and Vinnie at Hairy Mary's in Des Moines, Shawn from Doomed
Nation, Sean from Unfortunaut,Sleestak,and all the vampires in
Milwaukee,Scott from Beneath Oblivion, High Gate,Chris at Top Cat's in
Cinci,Village of Dead Roads, Curran from Wet Nurse,Candy's folks,Jon
Brien,and everyone who came out to see us.We also want to apologize to
Shroud of Bereavement, Keen of the Crow, and anyone who came out to see us
in Somerville.
We are currently working on new material for our new full length and
possible a really cool split(more info coming soon) We will be doing a few
shows around the North East this summer, check the Shows section for
details.


april 2006 ----------------------]

North American Spring Tour dates are up on the TOUR page and Ocean
will soon be playing in a city near you.
The deluxe double vinyl version of Here Where Nothing Grows is available
for purchase now from Important Records. The silver on black covers sold out
immediately and there are very few of the black on black remaining. Ocean will
have copies available on tour.
Make sure to pick up the next issue of Metal Maniacs for a big feature on Ocean.

february 2006---------------------]

Sorry It's been a while since our last update. We will try to stay more
current in the future.
The Fall tour was great. Lief did a hell of a job filling in on guitar. We
would like to thank everyone who helped us either by booking, letting us
crash on thier floor, buying some merch, or simply showing up. We sincerly
appreciate your support.

The first pressing of Here Where Nothing Grows is sold out, but the second
pressing is still available through the store section of the site. The
double vinyl version is coming very soon. It will be limited to 500 200gram
double record sets with a heavy stock letter-press sleeve. It will include a
bonus live cover song on the 4th side which was recorded last fall at Geno's
here in Portland and features Lief on guest 3rd guitar.

We are currently booking a full US tour for April/May 2006. We just retired
our old van, the ARK, and aquired a newer, yet unnamed one for the upcoming
venture. Confirmed dates are posted in the tour section. Please get in touch
if you can help fill in a few of the gaps. We will see you soon.

The full length is finally out. It is available at www.importantrecords.com, or you
can probably order it through your local record store. We will be on the road at
the end of this month and the begining of December, check the shows section for
dates. JL unfortunatly won't be able to do the tour so Lief from C O N I F E R will
be filling in on these dates, and also playing with us at our Portland cd release show
Saturday, November 19th @ Geno's.
3 guitars, not to be missed.
See you there.

september 2005----------------]

-We have re-recorded our full length "Here where nothing grows." It sounds great
and is officially slated for a November release on important! records.
-Fall US tour to follow the release. Please email us if you can help.
-We are also on myspace now - www.myspace.com/ocean.
-Our EP is available at StonerRock.com .
-We have another email people can use (in addition to Reuben's)
oceanofdoom@yahoo.com

may 2005-------our flight plans------------]

We are on our way to Chicago...
New T-shirt for the tour and demos for sale...
E-Rock turned the quarter-century mark on Friday the 13th...
Check out our May tour routing here.

march 2005-----------roadtrip-----]

-OCEAN's e-mail has changed, so all correspondence should be sent to: reubenjlittle@hotmail.com
-Our demo is available now at the Relapse store in Philadelphia, and will soon be available in France and throughout Europe through Paradise Noise.
Contact Dave at paradisenoise@aol.com
-Unfortunatly things didn't work out with Troll, so Eric Brackett has stepped in on drums.
-We just got the masters of Here Where Nothing Grows back from Sanford in Chicago. They sould really good. Mastering and artwork should be done by the end of the month, as of now there is still no official release date, but we are definatly making progress.
-A small tour has been planned for the end of May including the PreEmissions Fest in Chicago. Check the Shows section for other dates, and if anyone can help fill in the dates please drop me a line.
- We also have been added to NotCommon's Doom/Grind Fest in July featuring Grief reunited, check back for more info on this as becomes available

feburary 2005-----------the troll & the swans-------]

After a short break over the holidays we are back in the practice space brainwashing a new drummer. Joao "Troll" Santos has been making the 3 hour commute from RI to beat the skins, but plans to relocate closer in the near future..
We recently went to Tsunami Sound, Portland ME and recorded a cover of "You're not real, Girl" for an upcoming Swans tribute album. An mp3 clip should be available soon in the Media section.
We are still waiting for the master of the full length and no release date has been set as of yet, but it should be out sometime this spring.
We have a few shows in the works for March and hope to be spending some time on the road in April and or May check the Shows section for more info as it becomes available.

december 2004---chicago-----]

The tour went relatively well...
We had a good time, played some good shows, got drunk, did alot of driving, made some friends, had van trouble, made a record and lost a drummer.
~ The Volume Studios recording went well. We were pressed for time so we didn't get as much done as we had hoped, but plan to do the finishing touches here in Portland at Tsunami Sound sometime after Christmas. The album is tenatively titled Here Where Nothing Grows and consists of 4 songs total running time approx. 55+ minutes. The official release date is still up in the air, it should be out sometime next spring. A clip from the rough mix is available for download here.
~ Will, our drummer, unforetunately quit seconds after the Providence show.
He will be missed. We are currently working with a new drummer and hope to be playing out again early next year and back on the road in the spring.
~ New photos and reviews are up in the MEDIA section.

october 2004------------recording------]

We will be in Chicago Nov 8th, 9th & 10th recording for an upcoming 12" to be released on Important Records and we are looking for shows on the way there and the way back...
Email us if you have any ideas. cheers, Reuben.