Beginning in the late Eighties, Hershey, Pennsylvania’s Ocean Blue wracked up an impressive score with college rock audiences for a decade via mildly psychedelic jangle pop nuggets like “Drifting, Falling” and “Between Something and Nothing.” Indie rock trends and millennial media oversaturation aside, the band perseveres with original members David Schelzel (vox, guitar) and Bobby Mittan (bass), recording some of its strongest work on 21st Century releases Kings and Queens/Knaves and Thieves and Ultramarine. Tours down Texas way are rare, so fans are advised to get their snorkels ready. Local shoegaze geniuses Blushing, whose Obsessions is one of 2022’s best LPs, opens.
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— Michael Toland
