Ocean Beach is a 5-piece band based in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland whose music ranges from crunchy pop-punk folk to shoegaze-inflected cinematic cruisers.

Imagine a world where Bryan Ferry and Steve Malkmus’ Tongan love child became a cheese monger who learned to play the guitar. A world where DD Smash takes more acid, and Ram Dass is in a pub rock band. A world where sonic instrumentals merge with pop in the middle of spaghetti junction.

Gary Dalhousie is that love child. Ocean Beach is the vehicle. The forthcoming album, The Long Road Home, is the tale of one man’s journey from anxious Southland kid to conscious father, partner and mentor.

From Invercargill in the 70’s to modern day Grey Lynn, our protagonist is spat out from a neurotic state highway of self-medication. Drugs, booze and anxious delinquency fueled this unwarrantable heap from one of the southernmost cities in the world, up through State Highway1 and onto the North-Western motorway, to be ejected at the St Lukes off-ramp.

Five new Ocean Beach singles will be shared at the beginning of each month, charting the story of our cheese mongers’ journey. It will unfold in its entirety when The Long Road Home is released at the end of this year.

Out today is the first single in the series, ‘Boys’ Club’, recorded and produced by Dale Cotton (The Bats, HDU, The Subliminals, Bachelorette and many more). 
Visit Dale’s website.