If you happen to had been in your teenage years throughout the 12 months 2003, then likelihood is you’re very accustomed to pop-punk/emo band Yellowcard’s seminal hit “Ocean Avenue.” An iconic anthem of teenage love and hijinks, “Ocean Avenue” nonetheless hits proper within the feels to this present day.
In excellent conjunction with the twentieth anniversary of the tune (and Yellowcard’s main label debut album of the identical identify), Yellowcard have teamed up with none apart from Steve Aoki for a wide ranging remix that takes the pop-punk traditional into the fashionable age and onto the dancefloor.
It was really Yellowcard vocalist/guitarist Ryan Key that reached out to Aoki in regards to the attainable collab. Key and the band had been dabbling in digital music since they returned from a six-year hiatus and Aoki’s punk rock bona fides are well-known. There have been lots of dance music remakes of early 2000s songs, however the music is approach sweeter when the unique artist actively contributes to the brand new observe. That’s undoubtedly the case on this new version of “Ocean Avenue.”
“When Ryan initially reached out about this attainable collab, I used to be actually excited—particularly after I found how a lot he loves digital music.” Aoki says. “We mixed our totally different musical kinds to create an ideal fusion of alt rock and digital for this observe. Honoring Ocean Avenue’s twentieth anniversary by mixing these sounds was an incredible expertise.”
“I actually admired the collaborations Steve was doing within the different rock and emo world, and the timing couldn’t have been extra excellent to succeed in out and see if we might work collectively for the twentieth anniversary of Ocean Avenue.” Key provides. “Steve’s ardour for music and creativity is infectious. The band and I are enormous digital music followers, so working with him has been an absolute profession spotlight.”
Try Steve Aoki & Yellowcard’s model of “Ocean Avenue” out now on Dim Mak.
