‘Saturday’, available on vinyl for the first time at @RSDUK on the 12^th June. Pressed on 180g Neon Green Vinyl with original artwork & printed inner sleeve

Available from a participating indie record shop near you.

A message on behalf of Chris Cradock:

As some of you may well know already, Craig Dunston passed away earlier today having succumbed to a brain tumour that he had been suffering from for the last 12 months. Craig was probably Ocean Colour Scene’s biggest fan having attended 154 gigs together with numerous Simon and Oscar acoustic gigs as well as countless Paul Weller gigs.

I first met Craig with his wife Tracey at a gig in Blackburn in 1998/9 and from there we developed a very close friendship together with my late wife Mary and my whole family which grew stronger as the years went by. Craig also became close to all the band members whilst I was manager, sharing their company in places such as Cork, Dublin, Manchester, London, etc. There are very few people in this world that I have looked up to and appreciated their company and Craig was definitely top of that list. A more genuine bloke you could not wish to meet or befriend, as always together with his lovely wife Tracey.

Craig battled through various illnesses which with the love and care of Tracey he battled and won until eventually the brain tumour which sadly took his life. My thoughts are with Tracey, his mother, his sister and the three nieces that he idolised, Tamara, Alex and Natasha.

It is hard to know what to say or do at times like this when you lose a person like Craig, but I know that he would agree with me in taking the words from a song ‘you get up and dance’.

God bless you Craig, rest in peace you hero.

Chris Cradock
Ex Manager of OCS

We will be playing at Bedford Park this summer on Saturday 31st July.

Ticket & info link – www.bedfordparkconcerts.co.uk

On sale: Thursday 8 April at 9am.

See you there,

OCS

You can now watch our show at the Glasgow Barrowland 2013 on Amazon Prime.

Search for ‘Ocean Colour Scene’.

Recorded & Filmed – 7th December 2013.

Just to let you know that unfortunately due to the Corona virus, Record Store Day has been moved back to June 20th this year.

Full statement is here.

We are excited to be celebrating Record Store Day on the 18th April with the release of ‘One From The Modern’ on special 2LP Green Vinyl.

“Ocean Colour Scene’s 4th album, ‘One From The Modern’ is coming on special 2LP Green Vinyl for Record Store Day!

The album includes three hit singles – the protest song ‘Profit in Peace’, followed by the more classic OCS sound of ‘So Low’ and double ‘A’ side, ‘I Am the News / July’.

‘One From The Modern’ was a slight departure from the previous two albums, with a more reflective, soulful and pastoral sound as well as a more political slant, albeit with a late-60s psychedelic slant, reminiscent of The Byrds, Small Faces or later-period Beatles.

The whole album still retains the band’s trademark melodic style, with a refined, rich sound that gives the material a contemporary twist, avoiding the pitfalls of relying on a merely nostalgic or ‘retro’ orientated approach. Don’t forget the psychedelic freak-out instrumental ending of ‘I Am the News’…!”