Liverpool psych quartet Gulf drop another impressive offering with "Ocean"

22 May 2015, 09:45 | Written by Jon Putnam

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Shimmering and undulating as the waves, Best Fit is happy to premiere “Ocean”, the latest track from Liverpool psych quartet Gulf.

Another entry in an impressive handful of track released thus far, “Ocean” appears far more tranquil than last winter’s wooly, disco-inflected “Tell Me Again”. However, “Ocean” isn’t quite what it seems at first blush…

Gulf are sly foxes here, kicking off the track with some relaxed percussion punctuated with hazy, intermittent strums. “Ocean”, though, is a song that moves in thirds; it morphs into a dual effort of floating synths and the gauzy guitar work before upping the tempo in the final minute, driven by the insistent strumming and drumming.

Gulf sets off a string of upcoming UK dates with an appearance at this weekend’s Liverpool Sound City. All dates and locales are listed below, and stream the track beneath:

May

22-24 – Liverpool Sound City, Bramley-Moore Docks, Liverpool

June

7 – Field Day, Victoria Park, London

18 – The Kazimier, Liverpool

19 – Central Station, Wrexham

July

16-19 – Latitude Festival, Henham Park, Suffolk

23-26 – Secret Garden Party, Mill Hill Field, Abbots Ripton

25 – Tramlines Festival, Sheffield