German post-metal collective The Ocean have offered up another deep dive into their forthcoming 12th studio album “Solaris“. The song “Ultima Esperanza” from that effort has just emerged, along with an official music video for it. That record drew inspiration from the 1972 Andrei Tarkovsky film ‘Solaris“.
A press release said of the track:
”Ultima Esperanza‘ (Spanish for “last hope”) is the name of the southernmost province on the South American continent, named after the inlet known as Última Esperanza Sound. The inlet was given its name by Spanish navigator Juan Ladrillero in 1557, who hoped it would offer a passage to the Strait of Magellan. Instead, it leads to a glacier — and ultimately, a dead end.’
The band said alongside the reveal of this 11-minute plus Craig Murray-directed watch for the track, which almost serves as a spiritual prequel for the band’s “Light Pollution” music video.
“‘Ultima Esperanza‘ explores the intrinsically human notion of hope as the driving force behind all explorative endeavours, and loss thereof. It is a reflection on mental resilience, tracing the different stages of losing hope and the mind’s remarkable tendency to keep projecting it even onto the most dire realities, as an instinctive means of survival.”
“Solaris” showcases the latest incarnation of the band, which now features vocalists Enrico Tiberi (ex-EyeHate, etc.) and Lane Shi (Elizabeth Colour Wheel, Otay:onii), and guitarists Emmanuel Jessua (Hypno5e) and Marco Gennaro.
