Maybe Today, Maybe Tomorrow
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{{Infobox album
| name = Maybe Today, Maybe Tomorrow
| type = studio
| artist = We Are the Ocean
| cover = We Are the Ocean - Maybe Today, Maybe Tomorrow.jpg
| alt =
| released = 17 September 2012
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Alternative rock, melodic hardcore, pop punk, alternative metal
| length = 32:35
| label = Hassle
| producer = Pete Miles
| prev_title = Go Now and Live
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = Ark
| next_year = 2015
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Maybe Today, Maybe Tomorrow
| type = album
| single1 = Bleed
| single1date = 5 June 2012
| single2 = The Road (Run For Miles)
| single2date = 13 August 2012
| single3 = Young Heart
| single3date = 2012
| single4 = Machine
| single4date = 17 April 2013
| single5 = Chin Up, Son
| single5date = 5 September 2013
}}
}}
Maybe Today, Maybe Tomorrow is the third full-length album by English rock band We Are the Ocean. It was released on 17 September 2012 through Hassle Records in the United Kingdom and through SideOneDummy the next day, 18 September in the United States. The album is the first to be done by the band without their original lead vocalist Dan Brown, who was removed out of the band despite recording all his vocals for the album. The music featured on the album is seen as being a massive jump since the last album, Go Now and Live, marking the beginning of their decline from hardcore, to a more fluid alternative rock sound.
Background
On 5 June 2012 it was announced by the band that during the recording of the third album the band had started to struggle with differing creative opinions. With this announcement Dan Brown, the band's lead vocalist who was known for his screaming role in the band officially left the band saying he would become the band's manager.{{cite web|url = http://www.rocksound.tv/news/article/dan-brown-leaves-we-are-the-ocean | title = Dan Brown Leaves We Are The Ocean | work = Rock Sound | publisher = Freeway Press | date = 5 June 2012 | accessdate = 6 August 2012 }} A day after this announcement Dan Brown himself issued a statement saying: "I have been managing the band for the past two years and I've come to the realisation that, quite frankly, I'm better at managing a band than I am at being in a band, so it's time for me to attack that head first."{{cite web|url = http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2012/06/we_are_the_ocean_dan_browns_of.html | title = We Are The Ocean: Dan Brown's official statement | author = Katie P | work = Kerrang! | publisher = Bauer Media Group | date = 7 June 2012 | accessdate = 6 August 2012}} However, a press release from British publication Rock Sound showed that Dan Brown had actually recorded all of his vocals for the new album and that he was in fact kicked out of the band abruptly. The band also refusing to allow him to join them on their leg on the American Warped Tour, considered by Brown as his dream.{{cite web|url = http://nelipott.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/dan-brown-leaves-we-are-ocean-part-2.html | title = Stop Press! In The Studio – We Are The Ocean| author = Dan Morgan | work = Rock Sound | publisher = Freeway Press | date = 19 June 2012 | accessdate = 23 October 2012 | quote = }} The band made their first live performance without Brown at Download Festival on Sunday, June 10 on the Zippo Encore Stage.{{cite web|url = http://www.rocksound.tv/news/article/download-we-are-the-oceans-new-jam | title = Download We Are The Ocean's New Jam! | work = Rock Sound | publisher = Freeway Press | date = 6 June 2012 | accessdate = 6 August 2012}}
Release and promotion
With the announcement of the line up change on 5 June 2012 the band released the first single from the album, "Bleed". The song was uploaded to their YouTube to stream as well as made a free download.{{cite web|url = http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/we_are_the_ocean_release_new_song_bleed/ | title = We Are The Ocean release new song, "Bleed" | author = Michele Bird | publisher = Alternative Press | date = 5 June 2012 | accessdate = 6 August 2012}} BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe said the song is "Easlily the best thing the band have ever done."{{cite web|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/zanelowe/2012/06/hottest_record_-_we_are_the_oc_1.html | title = Hottest Record – We Are The Ocean – Bleed | author = Zane Lowe | publisher = British Broadcasting Corporation | date = 5 June 2012 | accessdate = 6 August 2012}} The second single "The Road" was streamed exclusively through Revolver magazine's website on 6 August 2012.{{cite web | url = http://www.revolvermag.com/news/exclusive-we-are-the-ocean-premiere-the-road-run-for-miles.html | title = Exclusive: We Are the Ocean Premiere "The Road (Run for Miles)" | author = Josh Hart | work = Revolver Magazine | publisher = NewBay Media | date = 6 August 2012 | accessdate = 6 August 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120810020112/http://www.revolvermag.com/news/exclusive-we-are-the-ocean-premiere-the-road-run-for-miles.html | archive-date = 10 August 2012 | url-status = dead }} Two days prior to the single's stream, the band released a video of the making of the music video for "The Road".{{cite web|url = http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/we_are_the_ocean_post_behind_the_scenes_of_the_road_music_video | title = We Are The Ocean post behind the scenes of "The Road" music video | author = Brian Kraus | publisher = Alternative Press | date = 4 August 2012 | accessdate = 6 August 2012}} The song was made Q magazine's "Track of the Day".{{cite web | url = http://news.qthemusic.com/2012/09/name_we_are_the_ocean.html | title = We Are The Ocean - The Road - Track Of The Day - QTheMusic.com | author = | work = Q | publisher = Bauer Media Group | date = 11 September 2012 | accessdate = 23 October 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121016011428/http://news.qthemusic.com/2012/09/name_we_are_the_ocean.html | archive-date = 16 October 2012 | url-status = dead }} On 30 August the band debuted a third track, "Golden Gate", as promotion for the album by making it available to stream on YouTube, but was released exclusively through German website Stage Load.{{cite web | url = http://www.stageload.org/exklusiver_stream-we-are-the-ocean-golden-gate | title = Exklusiver Stream: We Are The Ocean – Golden Gate | language = German | publisher = Stage Load | date = 30 August 2012 | accessdate = 30 August 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Leading up to the release of the album the band planned a seven-date tour of Germany between 5 and 15 September 2012. As part of the ongoing promotion for the album the band supported Lostprophets on their British tour in November.{{cite web|url = http://www.rocksound.tv/news/article/we-are-the-ocean-to-support-lostprophets-in-november | title = We Are The Ocean To Support Lostprophets In November | work = Rock Sound | publisher = Freeway Press | date = 14 September 2012 | accessdate = 23 October 2012 }}
"The Road" was featured in the soundtrack for the 2012 revival of Need for Speed: Most Wanted.{{Cite web |title=Need for Speed Most Wanted (2012) at RacingSoundtracks.com |url=https://racingsoundtracks.com/game/need-for-speed-most-wanted-2012 |access-date=9 October 2024 |website=racingsoundtracks.com}}
Reception
{{Music ratings
|MC = 68/100{{cite web| url = https://www.metacritic.com/music/maybe-today-maybe-tomorrow/we-are-the-ocean/critic-reviews | title = Maybe Today, Maybe Tomorrow Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More | publisher= Metacritic | accessdate = 23 October 2012}}
|rev1 = Alternative Press
|rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web|url = http://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/we_are_the_ocean_maybe_today_maybe_tomorrow | title = We Are The Ocean – Maybe Today, Maybe Tomorrow | author = Riley Breckenridge | publisher = Alternative Press | date = 18 September 2012| accessdate = 23 October 2012}}
|rev2 = BBC
|rev2Score = (Favourable){{cite web|url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/j6fd | title = Essex boys come of age with a solid rock record. | author = Alistair Lawrence | work = BBC Music | publisher = BBC | date = 7 September 2012 | accessdate = 23 October 2012}}
|rev3 = NME
|rev3Score = (7/10){{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/we-are-the-ocean/13676|title=We Are The Ocean – 'Maybe Today, Maybe Tomorrow'|publisher=NME|last=Goodwyn|first=Tom|date=September 14, 2012|accessdate=September 23, 2012}}
|rev4 = Sputnikmusic
|rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/51843/We-Are-The-Ocean-Maybe-Today,-Maybe-Tomorrow/|title=We Are The Ocean album Review|publisher=Sputnikmusic|author=Davey Boy|date=September 16, 2012|accessdate=September 23, 2012}}
|rev5 = This Is Fake DIY
|rev5Score = (7/10){{cite web|url=http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/albums/we-are-the-ocean-maybe-today-maybe-tomorrow/|title=Album Review|publisher=This Is Fake DIY|last=McDaid|first=Heather|date=September 16, 2012|accessdate=September 23, 2012}}
|rev6 = Thrash Hits
}}
Upon its release Maybe Today, Maybe Tomorrow received mostly positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 68, based on 7 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".
Track listing
{{track listing
| headline = Original CD
| all_writing = We Are the Ocean and Dan Brown. Lyrics by Dan Brown and Liam Cromby. Except "Pass Me By", lyrics by Alfie Scully
| title1 = Stanford Rivers
| length1 = 1:13
| title2 = Bleed
| length2 = 2:49
| title3 = Young Heart
| length3 = 3:47
| title4 = Story of a Modern Child
| length4 = 3:07
| title5 = Machine
| length5 = 3:39
| title6 = The Road
| length6 = 3:41
| title7 = Golden Gate
| length7 = 5:35
| title8 = Maybe Today, Maybe Tomorrow
| length8 = 3:40
| title9 = Pass Me By
| length9 = 3:42
| title10 = Chin Up, Son
| length10 = 3:22
| total_length= 32:35
}}
{{track listing
| headline = iTunes bonus track
| title11 = One of Those Days
| length11 = 3:29
}}
Personnel
;We Are the Ocean
- Liam Cromby – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
- Alfie Scully – lead guitar, vocals; lead vocals on track 9
- Jack Spence – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Tom Whittaker – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Release history
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| Country
! Date ! Label ! Format ! Source |
|---|
| United Kingdom
| 17 September 2012 | Hassle Records | rowspan="2"| CD | |
| United States
| 18 September 2012 |
References
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