In the middle of a global pandemic, The Ocean Collective are about to conclude their most engrossing endeavour to date. Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic was the first half of a sprawling but superbly cohesive paleontology concept album released in 2018 and on September 25, The Ocean are poised to release the eagerly-awaited conclusion of the Phanerozoic journey.In contrast with the compositional directness of Phanerozoic I, the new album – Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic – is a vastly more progressive and perverse piece of work. A profound cautionary tale, Phanerozoic II is underpinned by some of the most imaginative and challenging music that The Ocean have ever made.

Tracked in Iceland, Spain, and Germany and produced by esteemed studio guru Jens Bogren, the album is once again blessed with the presence of Katatonia’s Jonas Renkse, whose peerless vocals find another sublime backdrop during the second half of mammoth epic Jurassic | Cretaceous. Divided into two sections – Mesozoic and Cenozoic – the album once again showcases the detail and depth that have become two of The Ocean’s most enduring trademarks.

Released into a world in turmoil, Phanerozoic II will provide fans of adventurous and challenging music with all the sonic and philosophical sustenance they have come to expect from this most intuitively progressive musical collective.

New Vinyl stock arrivals at our webstore include: Pelagial, Phanerozoic: I, Heliocentric, Precambrian. Shop here: http://bit.ly/oceanwtr