Oakman announce debut album ‘Violent Oblivion’

January 22, 2024 James Weaver

OAKMAN have announced their debut album!

Titled Violent Oblivion, the upcoming album from the French pop-rock trio is their debut full-length album, and is scheduled to be released in May this year, via Rude Records.

Speaking about the upcoming debut album, the band says, “Violent Oblivion is that violent break with the outside world, our own emotions, and the encounter with our traumas. Through the songs, it represents the different mental states Violent Oblivion can put us in. The powerful catchy melodies and lively instrumentals conceal deep and strong feelings, mental problems, excitement, fear and despair. Getting out of this Violent Oblivion is a big challenge, so we eventually hang on to find some hope and love to cope.”

Alongside the announcement of the debut album, OAKMAN have released a new music video for a new song lifted from the upcoming album; Proper Attitude. The new song is the third single to be released from the upcoming debut album, following on from Air Hunger and Missed Connections.

Speaking about the new song, the band says, “this song describes the feeling of trying to maintain a proper attitude when everything’s going wrong. You’re pretending to be okay when everything’s falling apart inside you and you start to lose it. You’re mad at yourself because you think it’s your fault and people are blaming you. Sometimes it’s too hard to pretend, so you just want to throw it all away.

This song has a sarcastic tone. When you’re slowly collapsing and people keep complaining and blaming you for everything, while you’re just trying to survive. Not to mention the very negative feelings about yourself you’re confronted with, after some time, you simply want to throw everything away. When things aren’t going well, it’s easy to end up having this ‘attitude’, that bitchy one I like to call ‘proper attitude’.”

Watch the official music video for Proper Attitude here: