Winston Surfshirt

Beloved Australian rock outfit Ocean Alley are thrilled to announce an Australian headline tour in support of their 2022 album Low Altitude Living, to kick off in October. It follows the release of their cinematic ‘Lapwing’ music video, and a triumphant return to the regional touring circuit on both Groovin’ The Moo’s national run and Darwin’s BASSINTHEGRASS festival. Consolidating a massive 18 months of touring and two significant anniversaries – five years since the release of their breakthrough record Chiaroscuro, and 10 years since cult classic EP Yellow Mellow – Ocean Alley will return home for massive shows, with Aussie funk/hip-hop sextet Winston Surfshirt supporting on all headline shows, flanked by psych-pop four-piece Le Shiv and indie-punk phenomenon Seaside on select dates. The tour will visit some of our country’s biggest venues; Hordern Pavilion in Sydney, John Cain Arena in Melbourne, Brisbane’s Riverstage and Perth’s Red Hill Auditorium for a mega-lineup adding Western Australian natives Death By Denim, Dulcie and South Summit to the bill.Low Altitude Living features the hits ‘Touch Back Down’ - which was nominated for Most Performed Alternative Work at APRA Music Awards of 2023 - ‘Home’, 'Deepest Darkness' and ‘West Coast’ just to name a few album highlights. It debuted at #3 on the ARIA Albums Chart – and #5 on the NZ Top 40 Albums Chart, making it the band’s first album to chart in New Zealand. It was honoured as a triple j Feature Album and saw Rolling Stone praise vocalist Baden Donegal as “a magnetic frontman who delivers a soaring vocal performance of heady croons.”Their latest full-length follows the success of 2020’s critically acclaimed Lonely Diamond which also debuted at #3 on the ARIA Albums Chart and #1 on the Vinyl Chart. The band have achieved 1x Double Platinum and 5x Gold-certified singles across Australia and New Zealand, as well as Gold certification for Chiaroscuro, amounting to more than 620 million catalogue streams and 1.4 million monthly Spotify listeners.Ocean Alley have taken the world by storm with their dynamic live performances, growing to become one of Australia’s hottest exports. In 2022 alone, they sold more than 75,000 tickets across Australia and New Zealand, the UK, Europe and North America.