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Hey Ocean! — It's Easier To Be Somebody Else

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By Jessica Lewis (CHARTattack) October 16, 2008 9:38 am
This record is entirely about vocalist Ashleigh Ball. Ball's voice is irresistible in the Stars call-and-response way she works with with Dave Beckingham. Out of 15 tracks, only a couple fall short ("Alright," "A Song About California"). But the hits outweigh the misses. The chorus of "Too Soon" is infectious and the...
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I Read The News Today... For Sept. 15, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) September 15, 2010 12:16 pm
Woodhands have just released a new mixtape, The No Feelings Mixtape, which is available for free download. —Paper BagCancer Bats will spend November touring southern Ontario in support of this year's Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones. —Listen HarderGirl Talk will release a short film on Sept. 21. It was shot in HD at Milwaukee's Congress Theater...
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Hey Ocean! — "Fish"

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By CHARTattack Staff November 20, 2009 2:48 pm
Hey Ocean! aren't able to go outside on a rainy day, so they turn their apartment into a beach in the video for "Fish." Volleyball and singalongs in sand result. Check out Hey Ocean!'s naked (yes, seriously) promo video for this clip here. You can see Hey Ocean!'s video for "Fifteen Words" here.
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Hey Ocean! Get Naked In The Kitchen

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By CHARTattack Staff November 20, 2009 2:44 pm
Three members of Hey Ocean! made a promo video to announce they'd made a new video and were going on tour with Australia's Cat Empire soon... but they did it in an interesting way. Who needs clothes when you're in a kitchen? Take that, Gossip Girl threesome episode! You can check out the video for "Fish" here.
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Dan Mangan and Hey Ocean! — "Weighty Ghost" (Wintersleep cover, live at the WCMAs)

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By CHARTattack Staff September 28, 2009 2:52 pm
Here's a video of Dan Mangan and Hey Ocean! performing a cover of Wintersleep's "Weighty Ghost" at the Western Canadian Music Awards in Brandon, Man. on Sept. 20. Mangan won the artist of the year award at the XM Verge Music Awards on Sept. 22.
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Hey Ocean! — "Fifteen Words"

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By CHARTattack Staff August 26, 2009 1:15 pm
Hey Ocean!'s clip for It's Easier To Be Somebody Else's folky "Fifteen Words" follows the song's protagonist, who's gone through a break-up with an ex-boyfriend, she can't avoid at a party. She hands him a piece of paper with the song's fifteen words in question on it and leaves, hopefully over him. The video was produced by Vancouver'...
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Hey Ocean! — "A Song About California"

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By CHARTattack Staff February 26, 2009 3:22 pm
Check out this cutesy magazine-rific music video for Hey Ocean!'s "A Song About California" from their 2008 album, It's Easier To Be Somebody Else. The video was directed by JP Poliquin and produced by The Studio (Carly Rae Jepsen, Econoline Crush) in Vancouver. Hey Ocean - A Song About California from Hey Ocean on Vimeo.
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Hey Ocean! Are Somebody Else

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By CHARTattack Staff August 21, 2008 4:04 pm
Vancouver pop band Hey Ocean! will embark on a national tour in support of the Sept. 9 release of their second full-length album, It's Easier To Be Somebody Else, through the eclectic group's Pop Machine label. Six songs and from the record and the video for "Alleyways" can be previewed on Hey Ocean!'s MySpace page. One of the six...
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By The Stereo (CHARTattack) August 20, 2008 3:26 pm
I think the question of what Plants And Animals would sound like with a chick singing has been successfully answered.
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