Oceanator - Beach Days (Alive Again)
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🗓️ 29 June 2022
⏱️ 4 minutes
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Summary
Oceanator - "Beach Days (Alive Again)" from the 2022 album Nothing's Ever Fine on Big Scary Monsters.
"By the ocean /
Is where i wanna be /
When this all comes to an end"
On her 2020 debut album Things I Never Said, Brooklyn-based songwriter Oceanator (real name: Elise Okusami) pondered the apocalypse against grungy guitars and Green Day-inspired pop/punk. On her follow-up LP Nothing’s Ever Fine, she continues to explore similar themes... except on today's Song of the Day.
“I feel like summer is supposed to be the good times,” she told Under the Radar. “I wanted to write some songs about some of the good parts of life, and a lot of those are — for me at least — in the summer.”
Her sophomore full-length was co-produced by Bartees Strange and her brother, Mike Okusami, who each brought their musical expertise to the table. “Bartees and Michael both have this really extensive knowledge of sound and gear,” she explained. “So, it was extremely helpful to be able to translate what I was saying into sounds. Maybe I could have gotten some of the sounds on my own, but it would have taken like 10 years.”
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| 0:00.0 | It's hot by the summer and we're coming alive again |
| 0:19.0 | It's been the winter, getting better and we've got a bit of ice here |
| 0:27.0 | But now the sun's out, feeling better about what the days are at break |
| 0:34.0 | The last thing longer, stop getting dark before fire, it's time to see the ocean |
| 0:41.0 | So grab your towel, get in the car, we're headed out to rock away |
| 0:51.0 | It isn't far, sun shines, waves burn |
| 1:01.0 | They've missed my last forever |
| 1:07.0 | When we get there, take our shoes off and dig our toes in the sand |
| 1:15.0 | Stay on sunset and watch the tide roll out, we're speeding from the land |
| 1:21.0 | Fire the ocean, it's where I wanna be, when the sun comes to an end |
| 1:28.0 | Break the cold world and watch your nothings come, surround it by my fire |
| 1:35.0 | So grab your towel, get in the car, we're headed out to rock away |
| 1:45.0 | It isn't far, sun shines, waves burn |
| 1:55.0 | They've missed my last forever |
| 2:05.0 | I can feel a bit of each day |
| 2:34.0 | This is always something to get in the way, the more they get everything |
| 2:44.0 | We have to worry about the return, we have to worry about the end of the total |
| 2:51.0 | When you're going out to a bed |
| 2:58.0 | I can feel a certain skin when I can take the soul of a girl |
| 3:04.0 | And feel it when I think you're wrong |
| 3:10.0 | Tomorrow we go back to real life, so just enjoy the weekend night |
| 3:17.0 | So grab your towel, get in the car |
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