Black Label (Ocean Grove EP)

Black Label is the second EP by Australian nu metal band Ocean Grove released independently on 12 June 2015. It was later re-released through UNFD under the revised title Black Label (Sublime Vol.) on 27 April 2016 with the additional track "Lights On Kind of Lover".^[6]

Black Label
EP by Ocean Grove
Released	12 June 2015[1]
Genre	Hardcore punk metalcore nu metal
Length	22:30 (original release) 25:27 (Sublime Vol.)
Label	Independent UNFD (Sublime Vol.)
Producer	Sam Bassal
Ocean Grove chronology
Outsider (2013) Black Label (2015) The Rhapsody Tapes (2017)
Singles from Black Label
"Backbone" Released: 14 April 2014[2] "B.L.U.D" Released: 29 March 2015[3] "I Told You to Smile" Released: 12 July 2015[4] "Lights On Kind of Lover" Released: 26 April 2016[5]
Alternative cover
"(Sublime Vol.)" 2016 re-issue cover

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Kill Your Stereo	90/100[7]

Alex Sievers of KillYourStereo was positive about the EP, giving it a score of 90 (out of 100) and stating "From ‘Backbone’ to ‘167 Damillia’, this EP is gold the whole way through", and praised the band for evolving their sound when compared to their "underwhelming" debut EP Outsider, stating "Unlike their last EP, there is no filler, nor are there any weak links holding down the pack for us hungry critics to surround and devour. Each track is just as good as the track before it and its predecessor".^[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Backbone"	1:24
2.	"B.L.U.D"	3:07
3.	"Strange Talk (featuring Adrian Fitipaldes)"	3:34
4.	"Diploid"	1:56
5.	"Cold Skin"	2:33
6.	"You Know Something We Don't?"	3:52
7.	"I Told You To Smile"	2:19
8.	"167 Damillia"	3:40

Sublime Vol. Re-Release

No.	Title	Length
9.	"Lights On Kind of Lover"	2.57

Personnel

• Luke Holmes – lead vocals
• Dale Tanner – bass, vocals
• Matthew Henley – guitars
• Jimmy Hall – guitars
• Sam Bassal – drums, production, engineered, mastering, mixing
• Matthew Kopp – samples, keyboards

Charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[8]	50

References

1. "Black Label – EP by Ocean Grove on Apple Music". iTunes. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
2. "OCEAN GROVE – Backbone". YouTube.
3. "OCEAN GROVE – B.L.U.D". YouTube.
4. "OCEAN GROVE – I Told You to Smile". YouTube.
5. "OCEAN GROVE – Lights On Kind Of Lover". YouTube.
6. "Ocean Grove releases "Black Label (Sublime Vol)"". Retrieved 18 January 2018.
7. "Ocean Grove – Black Label (Review)". KillYourStereo.
8. "Australiancharts.com – Ocean Grove – Black Label". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 November 2021.