The "Oceanea" EP is the second collection from his upcoming album "The Map of the Floating City". It's a foretaste of his first studio album in over a decade, and like "Amerikana" before it, the songs it contains show that in his musical hiatus he's become better than ever. Like "Amerikana" the songs seem to be excerpts from a musical voyage, one that's positively cinematic in scope. All three tracks stand worthy of comparison with his best work. Oceanea's title track is one of the few pieces of music that can move me to tears when I hear it; it's a song of homecoming and loss with vocals by Mr D and Eddi Reader. (Is it the end of the voyage, or a beginning?) "Simone" is film noir for the ears, complete with a Theremin performance by The Camera Club's Bruce Woolley, and "To The Lifeboats" is addressed to Caroline, a name that brings back memories of that first album, years ago.
Saying any more would spoil things - buy the EP and discover them for yourself.
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