');">Declan O'Rourke - Oceanic
Presented by Donard Duffy
09-10-2026
Declan O’Rourke’s eighth studio record , OCEANIC, is an offering shaped not only by place, but by time, memory, and return. Recorded in Sydney, the album carries a particular resonance, drawing a line between where O’Rourke first began and where he now stands as an artist. The result is a mature record that feels expansive and dynamic — moving fluidly from groove driven meditations, to reflections of sweeping, cinematic scope. “Oceanic somehow wrote, and then made itself too.
I’ve always felt that being an artist is a process of stripping away layers of yourself to get to the core. If that’s true, then Oceanic is a collection of dreams that have surfaced on their own, from among the deepest of my own layers.” - Declan O’Rourke, 2026