Labels Handicraft Recordings | Years active 2001 – present Genre Rock music Record label Handicraft Recordings | |
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Albums On my way back home, Urban Sonnet, Castle In The Air, Crossroad, Kiss & Kill, Out of Reason Members Hajime Takei, Kay Naoe, Takeshi Horikoshi, Masashi Shimada Similar Buddhistson, Kamomekamome, Come Back My Daughters, Tsubaki, hare‑brained unity | ||
Oceanlane are a Japanese rock band from Tokyo. The band formed in 2001 by two longtime friends, Hajime Takei and Kay Naoe, who began playing shows with hired drums and bass players in the Tokyo area in 2002. They self-released a 2003 demo EP, and signed to Howling Bull Entertainment/Handicraft Recordings, who released their debut LP, On my way back home. This album reached #1 on Japan's independent music charts. A follow-up LP, Kiss&Kill, which was produced by Pelle Gunnerfeldt, followed in 2005. In the interim, the band toured nationally in Japan and supported many Western acts on the Japan legs of their tours, including Jimmy Eat World, All-American Rejects, The Stills, and Copeland. They also appeared on the winter leg of the Vans Warped Tour 2004. Since 2004, bassist Takeshi Horikoshi (henrytennis, former bungee jump festival) and drummer Masashi “Marcy” Shimada (buddhistson, kamomekamome) have recorded and toured with OCEANLANE and have become more or less permanent members of the band.
Contents
Oceanlane walk along
Singles
Albums
Limited CDs
Songs
Everlasting SceneOn my way back home · 2004
Ships and StarsOn my way back home · 2004
Look Inside the MirrorCrossroad · 2009