Hey Ocean!
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Sing until you have no voice —"Big Blue Wave"
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Hey Ocean! is a band from Vancouver, Canada consisting of Ashleigh Ball (vocals, flute, bubble gun), David Beckingham (vocals, guitar), and Dave Vertesi (vocals, bass). Together they've created a sound that's both unique and extremely catchy to become one of the more popular up & coming indie pop bands in Canada.
They released their first full length album Stop Looking Like Music in 2007 which was followed by Its Easier to Be Somebody Else in 2008, featuring several popular singles such as "Too Soon", "A Song About California", and "Fish". In 2011 they finally released a new EP Big Blue Wave, with a full length to follow in the near future. The band has become well known in the Canadian music scene for their "do it yourself" work ethic.
Their lead female singer, Ashleigh Ball, also has a notable side job - she's a voice actress for The Ocean Group and has voiced the likes of Hansel, Oopsy Bear, Mary Test, and several Barbie and Bratz movies. Currently she's best known as the voices of Applejack & Rainbow Dash in My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic. In fact, the band has gotten a boost in popularity thanks to curious pony fans checking out what else Ashleigh does. Fortunately she seems quite amused by it, and there's nothing wrong with new fans.
Their official website can be found here, and their official YouTube channel (where you can watch all their music videos) can be found here.
- Album Title Drop: "Liar" does this for Its Easier To Be Somebody Else.
- Exactly What It Says on the Tin: "A Song About California."
- Excited Show Title!: Officially the band's name is Hey Ocean!
- Hey, It's That Voice!: Applejack and Rainbow Dash have a band, who knew?
- One Steve Limit: There are two Davids in the band, Vertesi the bass player is the one that goes by "Dave".