tenmonthsummer

emo, midwest emo, shoegaze

From countries to continents to the smallest corners of our ephemeral lives, tenmonthsumer’s sophomore release, your name is my ocean, is a sprawling tide of stories that reach across the room, across the city, across time and space. The lakeshore emo quintet expounds on their blend of shoegaze and emo from their first effort, fate lines, through the uptempo guitarwork of opening track “tomar hashi, tomar naam,” to the washed-out, sweeping chords of closer, “when we’re here.” Like its predecessor, your name is my ocean is a record of yearning, examining the intricacies of singular loves, be it romantic or platonic, and then pulling the lens wide to gaze at all the ways these small loves come together as an entire life. History demands we forget the mistakes and pitfalls we’ve made, but the future demands we remember. your name is my ocean presents five tracks where those two currents meet, and beckons us to dive headfirst.