(Indie/Pop-Rock) Ocean City Defender - The Golden Hour [EP] - 2012, MP3, 320 kbps

"The Golden Hour has set the bar very high for electro-pop in 2012. This is essential listening for anyone with ears and a heartbeat." - Voyage North (CBC Radio One)
The Golden Hour is Ocean City Defender’s debut EP. Recorded over the fall of 2011, The Golden Hour presents a tight focus on vocal melody and structure; the songs are built around warm synthesizers, hazy guitars, and supported by the steady pulse of drum machines.
Ocean City Defender is the performing name of Ontario-based multi-instrumentalist K. Preston Merkley. Far from the typical sounds of a solo-performer, Ocean City Defender creates lush synthpop songs both on stage and record.
Ocean City Defender’s influences range widely from the sounds of New Order and Tears for Fears, to M83 and Phoenix.

released 06 January 2012