Oceans (Esprit D'Air album)

Oceans
Studio album by
Esprit D'Air
Released18 February 2022
Recorded2018–2021
Genre
Length76:00
LabelStarstorm
ProducerKai
Esprit D'Air chronology
Constellations
(2017) 		Oceans
(2022)
Singles from Oceans
  1. "Calling You"
    Released: 11 May 2018
  2. "Serafine"
    Released: 31 August 2018
  3. "Amethyst"
    Released: 19 February 2019
  4. "Leviathan"
    Released: 4 December 2020
  5. "Kurenai"
    Released: 19 March 2021
  6. "Nebulae"
    Released: 30 April 2021
  7. "Glaciers"
    Released: 11 June 2021
  8. "Guiding Light (Reimagined)"
    Released: 23 July 2021
  9. "Tsunami"
    Released: 4 September 2021
  10. "Sōhō Raia"
    Released: 15 October 2021
  11. "Deai (Orchestra Mix)"
    Released: 26 November 2021
  12. "The Abyss"
    Released: 11 February 2022
  13. "Dead Zone"
    Released: 11 March 2022
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Metal Digest60/100[1]
Metal Planet Music[2]
MetalTalk[3]
Powerplay10/10[4]

Oceans is the second studio album by London-based British-Japanese rock band Esprit D'Air. It was released on 18 February 2022, through the band's own Starstorm Records with a distribution partnership with AWAL and Plastic Head Distribution. Work on the album began in 2018, but was halted due to the theft of producer and singer Kai's laptop and backups in 2019, which delayed new singles and the album releases.[5]

Esprit D'Air completed the album in late in 2021 after successfully crowdfunding the album.[6] Oceans is a very genre-fluid album containing various metal and rock genres with elements of electronics and piano. It was produced entirely by Kai with collaborations from session musicians and featured artists including Ben Christo from the Sisters of Mercy and Ryo Kinoshita from Crystal Lake, and Japanese vocaloid artist UmiKazeTaiyou.[7]

  1. ^ Helen Elizabeth Wilson (14 March 2022). "Esprit D'Air – 'Oceans'".
  2. ^ Paul Monkhouse (25 February 2022). "Album Review : *Esprit D'Air – 'Oceans'". United Kingdom.
  3. ^ "Esprit D'Air / Oceans is something to celebrate and admire". 14 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  4. ^ Mark Hoaksey (October 2022). "Powered Up: Esprit D'Air". Powerplay Rock & Metal Magazine: Issue 256, Page 67. United Kingdom.
  5. ^ Kahmel Farahani (14 February 2022). "Esprit D'Air / Oceans is something to celebrate and admire". MetalTalk. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Esprit D'Air launched crowdfunding for second album "Oceans". AVO Magazine. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Esprit D'Air to collaborate with members of The Sisters of Mercy and Crystal Lake in new album Oceans". MetalTalk. 6 January 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.