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The Ocean Fracture were a Glasgow-based post-hardcore band, active from 2004 until 2010. The band’s core trio comprised singer and guitarist Steven Gillies, guitarist Paul McArthur and drummer Sean Campbell, alongside a rotating procession of bassists. Their early sound heavily referenced the abstract end of the Hydra Head roster (in particular Mare), with later releases showcasing a noisecore influence more reminiscent of <a href="spotify:artist:7kHzfxMLtVHHb523s43rY1" data-name="Converge">Converge</a> or <a href="spotify:artist:2T8rmKa2k1uot2okGULagY" data-name="Coalesce">Coalesce</a>.
The band's debut album, The Sunmachine and the Ocean - recorded in Kent with producer Ben Phillips (<a href="spotify:artist:5226y5WaQ5CjafebeYKpLa" data-name="November Coming Fire">November Coming Fire</a>) - was released in 2006 via Eyesofsound Records (<a href="spotify:artist:5LS2aHjbHoCO8BmNN79OMO" data-name="Devil Sold His Soul">Devil Sold His Soul</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6KPlPSPeF5BndJ7P888uSh" data-name="Bossk">Bossk</a>), receiving moderate coverage in the UK rock press, including features in Rock Sound and Kerrang!. A self-released double A-side single followed in 2008. The band’s final release was a split EP with Sheffield’s Bleaklow, recorded in Kent by Oz Craggs (<a href="spotify:artist:5PEIwsM9TRExaSK9I44h1H" data-name="Jairus">Jairus</a>) and released by Postgrad Records in 2010. Between recordings, The Ocean Fracture shared a stage, both on tour and at home, with <a href="spotify:artist:7qKMNwlACMZOUdMG3acwst" data-name="And So I Watch You from Afar">And So I Watch You from Afar</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0cXW4KdPfi3HtIOYYFUse5" data-name="These Arms Are Snakes">These Arms Are Snakes</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:44IpQGzJ9x1xJFbaT45B71" data-name="Secondsmile">Secondsmile</a>, amongst others.
The Ocean Fracture dissolved in 2010. McArthur and Campbell respectively formed <a href="spotify:artist:61ea4hVO95fyge224jwkk0" data-name="Salò">Salò</a> and Hunt/Gather in the period following the breakup, before continuing their collaboration in <a href="spotify:artist:1F4ISL9MWTGtwWc7xF1qJb" data-name="Thin Privilege">Thin Privilege</a> and, more recently, <a href="spotify:artist:4ohK2WUGHrw90Rz25znbpw" data-name="Damn Teeth">Damn Teeth</a>. After a brief stint in Arches (alongside Michael Rice of <a href="spotify:artist:3MIYKBVBx030MbzxhvhcRz" data-name="Yashin">Yashin</a>), Gillies formed <a href="spotify:artist:7tuHV2YoRolcuztmCKuLfc" data-name="Atlas : Empire">Atlas : Empire</a> with This Silent Forest's Jamie Sturt.
The band's debut album, The Sunmachine and the Ocean - recorded in Kent with producer Ben Phillips (<a href="spotify:artist:5226y5WaQ5CjafebeYKpLa" data-name="November Coming Fire">November Coming Fire</a>) - was released in 2006 via Eyesofsound Records (<a href="spotify:artist:5LS2aHjbHoCO8BmNN79OMO" data-name="Devil Sold His Soul">Devil Sold His Soul</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6KPlPSPeF5BndJ7P888uSh" data-name="Bossk">Bossk</a>), receiving moderate coverage in the UK rock press, including features in Rock Sound and Kerrang!. A self-released double A-side single followed in 2008. The band’s final release was a split EP with Sheffield’s Bleaklow, recorded in Kent by Oz Craggs (<a href="spotify:artist:5PEIwsM9TRExaSK9I44h1H" data-name="Jairus">Jairus</a>) and released by Postgrad Records in 2010. Between recordings, The Ocean Fracture shared a stage, both on tour and at home, with <a href="spotify:artist:7qKMNwlACMZOUdMG3acwst" data-name="And So I Watch You from Afar">And So I Watch You from Afar</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0cXW4KdPfi3HtIOYYFUse5" data-name="These Arms Are Snakes">These Arms Are Snakes</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:44IpQGzJ9x1xJFbaT45B71" data-name="Secondsmile">Secondsmile</a>, amongst others.
The Ocean Fracture dissolved in 2010. McArthur and Campbell respectively formed <a href="spotify:artist:61ea4hVO95fyge224jwkk0" data-name="Salò">Salò</a> and Hunt/Gather in the period following the breakup, before continuing their collaboration in <a href="spotify:artist:1F4ISL9MWTGtwWc7xF1qJb" data-name="Thin Privilege">Thin Privilege</a> and, more recently, <a href="spotify:artist:4ohK2WUGHrw90Rz25znbpw" data-name="Damn Teeth">Damn Teeth</a>. After a brief stint in Arches (alongside Michael Rice of <a href="spotify:artist:3MIYKBVBx030MbzxhvhcRz" data-name="Yashin">Yashin</a>), Gillies formed <a href="spotify:artist:7tuHV2YoRolcuztmCKuLfc" data-name="Atlas : Empire">Atlas : Empire</a> with This Silent Forest's Jamie Sturt.
