Tori Amos

Ocean to Ocean

The inspired songs that Amos has blessed us with across Ocean to Ocean offer convincing testament to the powerful, healing role that music plays in helping us navigate and persevere through the adversities of the day.

Ocean To Ocean is a moving, poignant and inspiring document of a journey most of us have had to take over the past 18 months.

Tori Amos’ Ocean to Ocean is a cohesive collection of songs that expertly articulates and finds meaning in the deepest recesses of despair.

Ocean to Ocean is a late-era standout for Amos, who reaches through the dark cloud of collective grief to be that supportive presence for listeners, healing with familiar touches and a timely message.

Ocean to Ocean ends up being Amos’s best album in recent memory for the way it manages to combine the strengths of her early music while incorporating newfound restraint and perspective.

The focused, meaner-free Ocean To Ocean is big on uplift, balm and musical adventure.

At first, Ocean to Ocean feels a bit samey, textures and tempos much of a muchness. Then the musical subtleties and nuances begin to permeate your consciousness, like a burst of flavour at a wine-tasting.

Riding the grunge wave, her gothic music explores themes of religion, identity and sexual assault and she revisits these themes on Ocean to Ocean.

With Ocean to Ocean, it seems as if Tori Amos has all but given up on pushing the limits of her instrument.

This is a glimmering, lush affair, rewarding repeated listening with multi-textured layers in the lyrics and instrumentation.