OCULA overcomes self doubt via masterful debut album on This By no means Occurred, ‘Crossroad’ – Dancing Astronaut

OCULA felt like he hit various literal crossroads. As he brazenly described himself, there’d been numerous cases in his musical journey that started over 5 years in the past the place he was left questioning whether or not or not it was even value persevering with to pursue his dream. And when he was in a position to attain the purpose the place he was wholly reassured what he was creating held precise that means behind it, he determined to look again and replicate on “these moments the place it could’ve been a lot simpler to surrender.” That interval of self-reflection ultimately became a full-length debut album, with OCULA now taking to This By no means Occurred to formally hand in his 12-track LP, Crossroad.

Crossroad really couldn’t have been extra aptly named contemplating it’s constructed from the bottom up as a sonic embodiment of what OCULA had overcome. Preceded by “Inexperienced Willow” with Phillip LaRue, “Be There” with Tailor, and “The Final Flip” and joined by further vocal backing from MAVICA, Richard Walters, Crooked Bangs, Tailor—who could also be acquainted from Jerro’s “In The Darkish“—and Blond Maze, OCULA’s freshman album fantastically captures these occasions the place emotions of hopelessness can flip into pure optimism. By 12 refined cuts of blissful, delicately crafted melodic home, Crossroad not solely validates OCULA’s determination to initially attain out to Lane 8 in 2018 and ship early variations of his music, but in addition additional solidifies his placement as a melodic home expertise that’s doing all the pieces proper.

Stream OCULA’s masterful debut album Crossroad in its entirety under.

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