End of the Ocean
2021 studio album by Moist
End of the Ocean is the fifth studio album from Canadian alternative rock band Moist. Originally set to be released on October 1, 2021, it was released on January 14, 2022. The album and its title track are centered around themes of human consumption and its "devastating results" on the planet.
The album, as with its predecessor, was produced by original band guitarist Mark Makoway. Original bassist Jeff Pearce, who had left the band during the production of Glory Under Dangerous Skies, returned for End of the Ocean.
Production and content
The album's first single, "Tarantino (Bullet Kill Sex Love Thrill)", was released on January 29, 2021. Moist vocalist and lyricist David Usher explained that during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, he went on a Quentin Tarantino binge, and "the song came out of a dream sparked by those images where we have lost all sense of ourselves – where there are no limits on our consumption and all we want is more. We deconstruct and reconstruct ourselves to fill an unfillable void and we just eat ourselves alive, and somehow, we still can’t wake up".
The title track, "End of the Ocean", was released as the album's second single on April 2, 2021. The song tackles human consumption and its devastating results on the earth.
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