Known for their jangly dream pop sound, the Ocean Blue emerged out of their Pennsylvania high school in the late '80s. Drawing upon the guitar and keyboard stylings of bands like New Order and the Smiths, the Ocean Blue quickly became staples of college rock radio and MTV's 120 Minutes with albums like 1991's Cerulean and 1992's Beneath the Rhythm and Sound. Though the group's activity waned somewhat in the early 2000s, they continued to perform and returned in 2013 with their seventh full-length, Ultramarine.
Formed in Hershey, Pennsylvania, in 1986, the Ocean Blue original...