Ocean Colour Scene

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Produced by Dave Eringa and recorded at the Lodge in Scotland in 2004. "Free My Name" is a real feel good record and has all the qualities of a classic Ocean Colour Scene record in the making. A big brass intro quickly sweeps into the raspy and distinctive vocals of lead singer Simon Fowler, as the record builds into big sweeping chorus lines, Steve Cradock's intricate and guitar sections weave in and out of Oscar Harrison's groovy beats to produce a quality OCS anthem.

Lead singer Simon Fowler is pleased with their first single from the album; "Free My Name is very simply a song about love and that love should set you free and not be caged. The meaning is in the title, 'free my name, just give me love!'. The track was actually written some time ago in the late 90s. Both PP Arnold and Liam Gallagher liked the song and played around with their own versions. Steve (Cradock) and Liam worked on the song further whilst in the studio recording the Weller cover Carnation. We always wanted to release the track but were waiting for the right moment. Then whilst we were recording at the Lodge one day, Steve started putting some of the chords down for the track and before we knew it had taken a life of its own and blossomed into Free My Name." page << 1 2 >>