{"id":188947,"date":"2025-09-23T06:10:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T10:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/09\/23\/ocean-alley-found-their-cruisy-groove-with-rock-producer-nick-didia-on-love-balloon\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T06:10:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T10:10:34","slug":"ocean-alley-found-their-cruisy-groove-with-rock-producer-nick-didia-on-love-balloon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/09\/23\/ocean-alley-found-their-cruisy-groove-with-rock-producer-nick-didia-on-love-balloon\/","title":{"rendered":"Ocean Alley Found Their \u2018Cruisy\u2019 Groove With Rock Producer Nick DiDia on \u2018Love\u00a0Balloon\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tFor Ocean Alley<\/a>, they just needed confidence <\/em>to get things rolling.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe indie surf-rock outfit returns with Love Balloon<\/em>, their fifth studio album which got air last Friday, Sept. 19 via Community Music.<\/p>\n

\n\tFor the first time, the Australian six-piece worked with legendary rock producer Nick DiDia, following an introduction from former Powderfinger frontman Bernard Fanning.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cYou can tell how experienced he is,\u201d enthuses vocalist Baden Donegal, \u201cbecause he was just so laid back and everything just gets done and on time. He just knows what\u2019s down the road, and we\u2019re still learning all of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter a couple beers<\/a> and some rounds of golf with DiDia, the musicians just \u201chung out like mates\u201d and talked a little bit about music. \u201cIt was just the most cruisy kind of mutual relationship that we\u2019ve had so far,\u201drecounts bassist Nic Blom.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe result is cruisy, too.<\/p>\n

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