The Ocean Blue

1245 Chicago Avenue,Evanston IL 60202

21 November, 2021

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The Ocean Blue ALL AGES The Ocean Blue The Ocean Blue w/ The Orange Peels at SPACE in Evanston, IL // Doors: 6pm | Show: 7pm // Tickets: $22 - $32 COVID-19 PolicyAll attendees, staff, and artists are required to provide proof of full vaccination (2 weeks from the final dose) in order to enter the venue. This policy is in effect until further notice for all shows and events at SPACE. Please consult evanstonspace.com for the most up-to-date information and policies on masks and COVID safety inside the venue. Regardless of vaccination status, all guests, artists, and staff will be required to wear a mask over their nose and mouth while inside the venue. Masks will be available at the box office for those who arrive without one. GENRE: Pop ABOUT THE ARTIST The Ocean Blue arrived as the 1980s drew to close, and their debut record on the famed Sire Records label in 1989 seemed to summarize the best of the musical decade. The band of four teenagers from Hershey, Pennsylvania quickly achieved widespread acclaim and radio & MTV airplay, with top 10 Modern Rock/College Radio hits like Between Something and Nothing and Drifting, Falling. They followed their debut release with the subtle and atmospheric Cerulean, which included perhaps their most beloved song, Ballerina Out of Control, and followed that with their highest charting pop album Beneath the Rhythm and Sound and the single Sublime, featuring a video of the band in the sublime landscape of Iceland. The band's fourth record for Mercury/PolyGram, See The Ocean Blue, was a mid-90s departure to a more guitar rock sound of the 60s and 70s but with the band's 80s DNA peeking through. After a busy decade of recording and touring, the band left the majors in the late 90s. Several independent releases and related touring followed in the 2000s and some wider international touring. In 2013, after much anticipation, the band released their first full length record in 10 years, Ultramarine, on Korda Records, a Minneapolis-based label cooperative the band helped launch that same year. The record was a welcome return for fans of the band as well as a younger generation of like-minded fans, and garnered widespread praise as one of their very best albums. In 2015, the band worked with Sire and Rhino Records to reissue their first 3 Sire albums on vinyl. The band marked the occasion by performing the first 2 albums in their entirety at limited concerts throughout the U.S. In 2016, the band did a full South American Tour where some of their most passionate fans reside. The Ocean Blue has now returned with their signature dream pop sound on the beautifully powerful Kings and Queens / Knaves and Thieves. Out now on Korda Records. ARTIST WEBSITE The Orange Peels is an American band that has its roots in the international Indie-Pop and Indie-Rock movements. Over the course of seven albums, the group has extended its pop sensibilities beyond the borders of those genres to explore psychedelia, orchestral pop, progressive rock, and electronic music. It's a sound that has drawn comparisons to artists as varied as Todd Rundgren, Prefab Sprout, The Posies, Big Star, Yes, and R.E.M. Brooklyn Vegan recently called the band’s latest single “Human" a cross between the Cure and the Byrds. In summer 2021, the band releases its first double album, “Celebrate the Moments of Your Life.” ARTIST WEBSITE The Ocean Blue SPACE is a live music hall in Evanston, Ill., established in 2008.