Ocean Leaves was interviewed on CiTR radio (Vancouver, BC) for the July 5th broadcast of "Stranded: The Australian-Canadian Music Show".

Ocean Leaves interviewed on CiTR (Vancouver)

Edit out the bits of waking from my night
Make my bedroom shadows into strangers
Fill my head with blissful empty nothing
Stitch my eyes closed

And let me tiptoe out for at least a little while
Past the gates past the faces past the noise

I wanna liquefy all these broken records in my mind
I wanna set alight everything that I can't silence tonight

Edit out the bits of waking from my night
Make my bedroom shadows into strangers
Fill my head with blissful empty nothing
Stitch my eyes closed

Edit Out

While I sit here this water could carry me away
Downstream where I could lay my breath to rest
Lay it to rest

It's sacred, this place where I found my face
And you can't erase what I have learned
When I'm gone into the leaves I'll turn.

Water

We are coming down the mountain
From here I see the lights of Sydney
Oh my dear I feel it all within me

And tonight we're gonna black out and get high on everything we should've done when we were just too young and dumb

I was looking down on myself
Losing my face my faith and my health
From here I feel the pull of Toronto
Oh my dear we still have tomorrow

So tonight we're gonna pile in and drive to everywhere we should've gone it's not too late to overcome

I am standing on the edge of something beautiful and looking down.

Tonight

Ocean Leaves playing some indie folk and chatting live in studio on 4ZZZ for the Exit Stage Zed show.

Ocean Leaves live performance & chat on 4ZZZ

This EP contains the first Ocean Leaves recordings as a 5pc band. The five of us came together in August 2014, and started piecing together some material that Timothy had previously written. A few months later, we put our heads together and wrote "Yellowknife", which was the first song we wrote collectively, with everyone putting in ideas.

Writing together as a band has been a very rewarding process, because we have varied musical influences and come at the process from different angles. This was the first time Timothy had written in a group with a song that was still in its infancy, and was pretty nervous about it. He said it felt like dropping his pants in public. But now Yellowknife is his favourite Ocean Leaves song.

We are very proud of this EP, and look forward to writing and recording more songs together to show you.
credits


Stuart Clifford - Double Bass.
Christina Langham - Drums, Vocals.
Timothy Poitras - Lead Vocals, Guitars.
Fin Taylor - Piano, Banjo, Mandolin, Trombone, Trumpet, Euphonium, Tenor Horn, Accordion, Vocals.
Amanda Terry - Violin.

Lyrics: Poitras
Music: Poitras, Clifford, Langham, Taylor, Terry.

Recorded by: Anna Whitaker.
Produced by: Timothy Poitras
Assistant Engineers: Daniel Kassulke & Tom Giebeler.
Mixed by: Timothy Poitras & Anna Whitaker.
Mastered by: Adam Dempsey, at Jack the Bear Mastering.
Recorded and Mixed at Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University. 

Hello, Father

Cold Hands

Count The Lakes

Yellowknife

Recorded October 1, 2016
Timothy and Fin from Ocean Leaves hang out on 4ZZZ show Goldilocks Folk with Tina Walsh to discuss the new line-up, upcoming gigs, and to perform a new and unreleased track "Sabrina".

Ocean Leaves "Sabrina" Live on 4ZZZ Goldilocks Folk

Brisbane indie folk-rock band. Winter Heart EP drops Sept.19th, first single "Yellowknife" out now! http://oceanleaves.bandcamp.com