Being As An Ocean release new music video for ‘Play Pretend’

BEING AS AN OCEAN have released a new music video!

The new music video, for the track Play Pretend, is taken from the band’s upcoming new album PROXY: An A.N.I.M.O Story which is scheduled to be released in September.

The new song soundtracks the aftermath of a nuclear World War, which is where the story begins, PROXY: An A.N.I.M.O. Story is a creative milestone for the band with a body of work that careens between rousing anthems and philosophical wonderment. Grammy-nominated producer and collaborator Zakk Cervini (BLINK-182, POPPY, HALSEY) helped the band to build songs from the ground up, together in the studio, starting with 2018’s Alone, which emerged in just 12 hours. This new process carried forward into the making of PROXY.

Speaking about the new song, vocalist Joel Quartuccio says, “as we all grow older, our lust for life and its abundant experiences start to wain as we succumb mentally and emotionally to life’s responsibilities, struggles and obstacles. So often we fixate on the violent tossing and instability that comes from enduring the rapids of life instead of stepping back in our perspective and seeing it instead as a season, another valuable opportunity to strengthen our spirits or souls in a time of reflection and examination, knowing that the storm will indeed pass eventually. If we can continue to have faith in the processes of life and remember that we have lived through hardships before and come out the other side stronger, then we can learn to welcome the challenges, as tools and potential for personal growth. Our strength is found in weakness. This song was an opportunity for us, both as a band and for myself personally, to be reminded of this and resolve, through action, to continue changing our negatives in life into positives.”

Watch the official music video for Play Pretend here: 

Alongside the release of the new music video, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming album below:

Track List: 

1. Intro (The Envoy)
2. Play Pretend
3. Find Our Way
4. Brave
5. Tragedy
6. Ski
7. Interlude (Circuit Breaker)
8. B.O.Y.
9. Low Life (Ode To The Underworld)
10. Demon
11. Watch Me Bleed
12. See Your Face
13. A.N.I.M.O.
14. Outro (What It Means To Be Human)

PROXY: An A.N.I.M.O. Story is set for release on September 13th via self-release.

For more information on BEING AS AN OCEAN like their official page on Facebook.