A melodic hardcore outfit from Alpine, California, Being as an Ocean combine drifting atmospheres with aggressive outbursts. Emerging in 2011, the band flirted with mainstream success in 2014 with the release of their Billboard-charting sophomore effort, How We Both Wondrously Perish. They continued to refine their visceral post-rock and emotional hardcore sound on subsequent releases Being as an Ocean (2015), Waiting for Morning to Come (2017), and Proxy: An A.N.I.M.O. Story (2019). 

Formed in 2011, the band, initially made up of singer Joel Quartuccio, guitarists Tyler Ross and Jacob Prest, bassist Ralph Sica, and drummer Shad Hamawe, developed a sound that merged post-rock and melodic hardcore with Quartuccio's harsh vocals, creating an interesting dynamic between the singer and the rest of the band. They debuted their sound on 2012's Dear G-D, which saw a release on InVogue Records. In 2013, the band parted ways with Prest and Hamawe, who had begun to grow tired of life on the road, replacing them with guitarist Michael McGough and drummer Connor Denis. On top of handling guitar duties, McGough also provided the band with a clean vocalist, expanding the band's tool set and offsetting Quartuccio's anguished vocals with something more soaring. The band debuted their new members on their sophomore album, 2014's How We Both Wondrously Perish, which launched them onto the Billboard 200. It also charted in the rock, hard rock, alternative, and independent Top 25, as did their third LP, the eponymous Being as an Ocean, a year later. 

Waiting for Morning to Come followed in 2017 on the Impericon label and returned them to Independent Albums chart. In 2019, they issued Proxy: An A.N.I.M.O. Story, which included the single "Play Pretend" and adopted a more grandiose, arena-rock style. A pair of stand-alone singles, "Lost" and "Catch the Wind," appeared in 2021, and in 2022, the band released a deluxe edition of their 2012 debut, Dear G-D, with bonus tracks. ~ Gregory Heaney & James Christopher Monger, Rovi

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