Alternative, English band easy life have released their new single ‘ocean view‘ ahead of their debut album ‘Life’s A Beach‘ which is out Friday 28th May.

The band, formed in Leicester, gained popularity with their single ‘nightmares‘ back in 2018 and have since developed a creative, unique discography. Their new single ‘ocean view‘ perfectly captures the dazed hip-hop that is heavily associated with the band.

Frontman Murray Matravers offers detailed, lyrical narrative in the single. In his own words on ‘ocean view‘, Matravers stated that it is about:

“managing expectations. With great anticipation comes great disappointment. ‘ocean view’ is the feeling of taking your mate/lover out on a wild trip to the seaside and finding out the whole trip is massively underwhelming, and they don’t even enjoy trips to the beach.”

The single teases the release of the new album ‘Life’s A Beach‘ – a suitable title which is reflected in ‘ocean view‘. Murray acknowledges the hardship that your expectations won’t always be met, as seen in his deep lyrical contemplation, yet the band portrays this through energetic hop-hop. You can never have the highs without the lows – life’s a beach.

Previous singles have shown the bands ability to fluctuate emotionally and lyrically depending on subject matter. From the bands happy go lucky, upbeat approach in ‘ocean view‘ to a slower tempo in ‘a message to myself’. In interview with DORK, Easy Life’s guitarist Lewis Alexander Berry commented on why the band were yet to make an album. Berry summarised the bands ability to adapt between singles, something that makes their music so unique – “I think we realise that there isn’t going to be a point where we go ‘this is what we sound like’. That’s great. If anything, that’s really exciting for us because we just write whatever we want”.

The single captures unrealistic expectations under a nostalgic, romanticised melody. It is suitably accompanied by the music video, directed by Greg Barth. The video is supposedly set at the beach with frontman Matravers appearing to be on a date with a giant goldfish. By the end of the video the camera pans out and reveals the beach is a complete set up – a crime scene of a car crash. Of course, the car crash suitably resembles ‘ocean view‘ and its theme of failed expectations.

‘ocean view‘ will be featured along with 12 other tracks on Easy Life’s debut album ‘Life’s A Beach‘, which has been greatly anticipated. The band are also set to perform on their upcoming Record Store Tour in the UK this July. You can watch the music video for their new single ‘ocean view‘ here.