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Album Review: The Ocean Party - Restless

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"You can almost taste the salty dry air on your tongue and feel the leather seats burning your thighs."

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Restless is a well-curated collection of Oceania, with sounds reminiscent of waves crashing on a shore. As cliched and corny as that sounds, the record is a well-polished homage to lazy beach days.

Twangy guitars in tracks like Decent Living are almost Fleetwood Mac-esque, slightly mystical. Teachers takes you on a summer road trip, so much so that you can almost taste the salty dry air on your tongue and feel the leather seats burning your thighs.

The Ocean Party have been incredibly successful in their smooth, synthy summer soundtrack, taking listeners to their own private beach and melting all their worries away.