The last we officially head about a release from The Ocean was in late 2016, promising a new album for 2017. The album hasn't quite materialized just yet, though in an interview with Toilet Ov Hell, guitarist Robin Staps promises that The Ocean is currently working on two new albums which will see the light of day in 2018 and 2019.
We are currently working on 2 new albums, which will see the light of day eventually in 2018 and 2019. That’s why we’re not touring much this year, we played around 300 shows during the Pelagial touring cycle, and we feel like it’s about time for something new now. So this is the quiet before the storm right now, in oceanic terms…
Staps adds earlier in the interview that The Ocean didn't get a ton done this year due to his label Pelagic Records having moved "into a new warehouse, started expanding our retail distribution to North America and Australia, pressed over 12,000 vinyl and signed a lot of new artists this year." So hey, at least Staps is keeping busy, right?
Let's also acknowledge that The Ocean's 2013 album Pelagial was an absolute masterpiece, and you can't just follow something that perfect up with an album that's mediocre. I mean, technically you can, but where's the fun in that?
