Oakman announce debut album, Violent Oblivion

Oakman have announced a brand-new album, Violent Oblivion.

The French trio – vocalist/guitarist Marine Lanzillotta, bassist Geremia Gayaud and drummer Jessie Gayaud – will be releasing their long-awaited debut on May 3 via Rude Records, and they call it “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,” Oakman explain. “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.”

The band have also released new single Proper Attitude to mark the announcement, and they share that, “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 video for Proper Attitude below:

See out the Violent Oblivion tracklist:

1. I Am Floating…
2. Ricochet
3. Spiral
4. Proper Attitude
5. Missed Connections
6. Air Hunger
7. I Wish Myself To Be Happier
8. Curse
9. A Letter To Them
10. Violent Oblivion
11. Acte Manqué
12. Love Picture Soundtrack
13. …Faraway In Space, Forever

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