Ocean Alley (AU) + The Koalaz (NZ)

Australia’s beloved psychedelic-surf-rockers Ocean Alley have spent the past decade creating a unique lane for themselves as a proudly independent band, their vision and sound guided solely by their instinct and passion. The band debuted at #3 on the ARIA Album Chart with their ARIA-nominated third album Lonely Diamond (2020), garnering four star reviews from the likes of NME Australia and Rolling Stone Australia. 

The album followed the success of 2018’s Chiaroscuro which propelled the band into national prominence with the double platinum-selling single Confidence taking out #1 in triple j’s Hottest 100 of 2018. Despite sold out international tours and major festival appearances including Reading & Leeds (UK), Splendour in the Grass (AUS) and Sziget (HU) under their belt, plus more than 345 million catalogue streams, the inner-workings of the band haven’t changed much since their humble beginnings jamming in a Northern Beaches garage. They are still fiercely independent, constantly pushing their own boundaries and defying expectations of what their music can be.