On Sale @ Citizens House of Blues: Ocean Alley

Ocean Alley, North America 2025 Tour, July 25

Just as the long, cold winter sets in and seasonal depression makes eye contact, Ocean Alley pulls up to deliver some summer-kissed sunshine and bliss. Australian alternative psychedelic rock band from the Northern Beaches returns to North America with a full arsenal of grooves, and bring the party to Boston for a July 25 swing at Citizens House of Blues. The band just dropped a vibrant new tune called “Left of the Dealer,” and it might be enough to melt the ice outside. Frontman Baden Donegal says this about it: “Life is a gamble, but when we’re young, we often live in a much more carefree manner — taking all the risks, unaware of the consequences. The reference to being ‘Left Of The Dealer’ is a poker rule where the player left of the dealer will play first or be next to go, insinuating that your time to face these consequences may be up next… I wrote and demoed this song at home before showing the rest of the guys. It was a sound we hadn’t really experimented with before. We jammed it a few times at our space in Middle Pocket and everything came together quickly. Messing around with guitar tones and vocal effects in the studio, we found it resembled some of our favourite bands like Creedence Clearwater Revival and Canned Heat, which we leant all the way into.” Tickets go on sale Friday (February 14) at 10 a.m. local time.