Ocean Colour Scene - Painting [2013][EAC,log,cue FLAC] torrent

Ocean Colour Scene. The critics hate them and nobody seems to know why. When people dismiss this band, they’ll say that it’s because they rely on the past too much and they’re stuck in the ’60s. Meanwhile artists like Miles Kane and Jake Bugg turn to retro rock for their inspiration and are praised for it.

But don’t worry, you’re not about to read another ignorant review from a clueless critic. You’re not about to read the biased words of a massive superfan either, but having heard a lot of their music, there are songs of theirs that I like and songs that I don’t. I understand enough about OCS to give a fair overview of their latest album.

Like most people, I discovered them in 1996 with ‘Moseley Shoals’, an album I still regard as one of the best of the decade. The 1997 follow up ‘Marchin’ Already’ was another fine record, and boasted more classic singles. Afterwards came 1999′s ‘One From The Modern’, but with the Britpop boom over, the band seemed rather out of step with things. The albums that followed certainly weren’t as strong, although each one of them had their moments. In fact if you were to take the three best songs from each of the LPs they made in between 2001 and 2010, you’d have enough to compile a very strong collection of tracks. Maybe following those hit albums was hard, and perhaps they’ve been trying a bit too hard or overthinking things at times. After the original four piece lost a member in 2005, they recruited two more instead, forming the line up that wrote and recorded the last two records. For the recording of this album they return as the core three piece.