“All eleven tracks that make up Would The Light Hold Me feature the pair singing in tandem, creating layers of continuous vocal harmonies that undulate across a gossamer folk soundscape.” – RTR Local Feature Album
Off the back of five performances at Canberra’s National Folk Festival 2023 and Tasmania’s Cygnet Folk Festival, Melbourne via WA-based sibling duo Oceanique are set to take their ethereal harmonies and undeniable twin sister bond on the road to celebrate the release of their debut album Would The Light Hold Me. From Koroit to their debut Victorian headline launch shows at Long Play, The Bridge Hotel and Daylesford Hotel before heading back to WA to perform to family, friends and hometown audiences in Fremantle, Margaret River and Albany.
“Heavy is a song about disconnecting from someone that you used to know really well. We wanted the lyrical imagery to come through into the music video,” which Dylan captured perfectly and “we’d also never been to this regional part of Melbourne before, it is such a beautiful place and it was the perfect setting for this video.” – Oceanique
There are big layers on this one, we had a lot of fun in the studio layering up vocals and instrumentation. Jess played the rhodes to give a floaty, uneasy feeling. The bass in the track is actually the big low notes from the 9 ft grand piano we recorded on and the percussion is built from stomping our feet to give it that feeling of moving forward, which is really fitting as the chorus lyrics say ‘becoming heavy as I’m running forward’.’ – track by track quote
“For the visuals I really wanted to emphasise the feeling of distance and disconnection that Oceanique discusses in the song and how it might look for two people who used to be very close to become strangers. The cottage setting out in the hills of Melbourne was also the perfect place for representing that feeling of isolation that we tried to capture with this music video.” – Dylan Guy
Oceanqiue’s debut album Would The Light Hold Me, is a collection of 11 songs that fit together to capture this chapter in time, wandering through tales of love, loss, and their wonder of time, the duo worked with producer James Newhouse to focus on the authenticity and individuality of each track. Having received support from Double J and ABC and community radio stations 4ZZZ, Triple R, PBS, RTR FM, and more, get ready to join the heavenly world of Oceanique as they turn poems and stories into musical musings when they perform songs from Would The Light Hold Me throughout April, May and June.
Would The Light Hold Me Melbourne Album Tour
Koriot Irish Festival
Saturday 29 April
Koroit, VIC
Tickets
Thursday 11 May
Long Play, Fitzroy North, VIC
Supports: The Rayes and Benjamin Trillado
Tickets
Sunday 14 May
The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine, VIC
Doors 2pm
Free Entry
Thursday 18 May
Daylesford Hotel
Set: 6pm
Free Entry
Friday 9 June
Double Album Launch w/ Savannah Solomon
Clancy’s Fish Pub, Fremantle, WA
Doors 8pm
Tickets
Sunday 11 June
The River, Margaret River, WA
Support: Tracey Barnett
Doors 4pm
Free Entry
Sunday 18 June
Harbourside Concert Series
Albany Entertainment Centre, Albany, WA
Free Entry
All Tickets and information at oceaniquemusic.com
Would The Light Hold Me Tracklist:
1. Anything at All
2. Just Like This
3. Like I’m Living
4. Time Passes
5. Heavy
6. Hiding from You
7. Build a Wall
8. Now and Then
9. Emotional Weight
10. Dancing in a Crowded Room
11. Enough for Now
Would The Light Hold Me out now via Gyrostream + Bandcamp
Would The Light Hold Me Credits:
Music and Lyrics – Maddy and Jess Houston
Produced, Recorded and Mixed – James Newhouse
Mastered – William Bowden
Vocals and Acoustic Guitar – Maddy
Vocals, Piano – Jess
Wurlitzer on tracks 1, 5 & 10 and Harmonium on track 1 – Jess
Double Bass on tracks 1, 2 & 3 – Lukas Drinkwater
Backing Vocals on tracks 3 & 5 and Bass on tracks 3, 4, 6, 7 & 11 – James Newhouse
Drums, Percussion, guitar and – James Newhouse
Photos – Robin Bottrell
Design – Red Room
