Singer and Songwriter for Shattered Beneath The Surface

Melanie Martinez's creative drive and talents have always distinguished her from other musicians. After releasing her platinum-certified 2015 debut album, Cry Baby—which reached No. 1 on Billboard's alternative albums chart and has amassed over two billion streams worldwide —she conceived and directed a video for each song on the album. These mini-movies traced the traumas and insecurities experienced by the album's character, Cry Baby.
 
Melanie’s sophomore album and film, K-12, is another ambitious triumph. K-12's music is a vibrant and singular melting pot of low-key hip-hop, soulful pop and indie-leaning electro. K-12's universe is an expansion of the one introduced in Cry Baby. Using lyrics rich with metaphor, songs address the struggle to find a place to belong—including within friendships, the physical world and romantically—even when fitting into society feels like an uphill battle.
 
To accompany the album, Martinez wrote and directed a 90-minute movie (also called K-12) that incorporates the album's music and mirrors the themes and characters introduced. Filmed on location in Budapest, Hungary, the movie focuses on Cry Baby (portrayed by Martinez) and a class of students who find themselves trapped in a horror house-like residential school. As they experience the usual grade school rites of passage—a lunch room food fight, the embarrassment of gym class, a romance with nefarious intentions, courses taught by checked-out teachers— they have to figure out a way to escape.

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Based in Toronto, Canada, The Ocean Cure offer a vast sound of post-hardcore and metalcore sensibilities, with a dash of prog and a sprinkle of pop. Since forming in 2014, members Pauline Taylor (Vocals), Casius Wray-Muto (Bass/Unclean-Vocals), Mike Di Monte (Guitar/Vocals), and Nicola Sudano (Drums/Programming) have been fine-tuning their sound and lyrical content. Stemming from the common theme of the ocean, The Ocean Cure draws comparisons to the calm before the storm and the symbolic impact of crashing waves. They use this ideology within their lyrics to draw unique comparisons to how life can feel like an ocean. Wray-Muto expands, “Music has always been a sort of medicine for me, so I think it just makes sense that our name is, The Ocean Cure.” When writing lyrical content, Taylor finds herself using a lot of imagery to paint a picture with words so each song will offer a descriptive story. She continues, “A definite recurring theme in my writing is nature and ethereal themes. Nature is so overwhelmingly powerful and has a way of making you feel so small.”

After forming, the band unleashed their debut single “Take Cover” which featured Chris Cosentino, who also produced, engineered and mixed the single. The single amassed over 11,000 views on Youtube and guided them to begin vigorously touring throughout Eastern Canada. The band began sharing the stage with artists like I Set My Friends on Fire, Ice Nine Kills, Hawthorne Heights, Palisades, Secrets, Picturesque, and Oh Sleeper to name a few. In 2015, they were invited to perform at The Vans Warped Tour Toronto date, and continued playing festivals like Canadian Music Week, Indie Week, KOI Fest, and Montebello Rockfest. In 2016, the band launched their debut EP, Daydreamer, produced, mixed and mastered by Damian Birdsey. The 6-track record included singles, “Too Close For Comfort,” “I’ll Survive” and “Waiting For You” which has amassed over 14,000 views on YouTube thus far. 

Following the release of Daydreamer, The Ocean Cure is back with a brand new EP, RE: Discover, set for release on June 14, 2019. The 5-track EP was produced and mixed by Sam Guiana, and is a reinvention of what The Ocean Cure is all about. Pauline elaborates, “There was a point after Daydreamer where we were unsure of what direction we really wanted to take the band. It took countless late nights, dozens of demos, edits, re-edits, and so much more to make sure that we created the best album that we possibly could. We worked hard to make a record that shows our progression as musicians. Every song has its own unique message.” Off the forthcoming EP, the band launched, “Structures,” a song that represents the band as a whole both musically and lyrically. On the track, the band explored the incorporation of electronic elements to the sound with an undeniably catchy chorus. The EP confronts a variety of themes like anxiety, the fear of not being in control of oneself, being a caretaker of the planet, the ability to persevere against all odds, and moments of regeneration. 

Fans can stay tuned for more announcements by heading over to their Facebook page now at: Facebook.com/TheOceanCure

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