The Ocean Blue arrived as the 1980s drew to close, and their debut record on the famed Sire Records label in 1989 seemed to summarize the best of the musical decade. The band of four teenagers from Hershey, Pennsylvania quickly achieved widespread acclaim and radio & MTV airplay, with top 10 Modern Rock/College Radio hits like Between Something and Nothing and Drifting, Falling. They followed their debut release with the dreamy and atmospheric Cerulean, which included perhaps their most beloved song, Ballerina Out of Control, and followed that with their highest charting pop album Beneath the Rhythm and Sound and the single Sublime, featuring a video of the band in the sublime landscape of Iceland. The band's fourth record for Mercury/PolyGram, See The Ocean Blue, was a mid-90s departure to a more guitar rock sound of the 60s and 70s but with the band's 80s DNA peeking through. After a busy decade of recording and touring, the band left the majors in the late 90s. Several independent releases and related touring followed in the 2000s, including 2000's Davy Jones Locker and 2004's Waterworks, and wider international touring. In 2013, after much anticipation, the band released their first full length record in 10 years, Ultramarine, on Korda Records, a Minneapolis-based label cooperative the band helped launch that same year. The record was a welcome return for fans of the band as well as a younger generation of like-minded fans, and garnered widespread praise as one of their very best albums.  In 2015, the band worked with Sire and Rhino Records to reissue their first 3 Sire albums on vinyl. The band marked the occasion by performing the first 2 albums in their entirety at limited concerts throughout the U.S. In 2016, the band did a South American Tour where some of their most passionate fans reside. The band has now returned with their signature dream pop sound on the beautifully powerful Kings and Queens / Knaves and Thieves. Out now on Korda Records.

Jupe Jupe crafts a cinematic blend of melodic post-punk and darkwave atmospherics, where brooding synths and angular guitars collide with crooning baritone vocals and pulse-driven rhythms. Their songs explore the human condition in an age of dissonance—searching for connection and harmony amid modern anxieties. The result is a seductive, shadow-lit soundscape that moves the body as much as it haunts the memory. Based in Seattle, Jupe Jupe features My Young on vocals and synths, Bryan Manzo on guitar, bass, and saxophone, Patrick Partington on guitar, and Jarrod Arbini on drums and percussion. Veterans of the Seattle and Austin music scenes, the quartet brings a refined sense of craft to their songwriting—balancing emotional weight with melodic urgency. Since forming, Jupe Jupe has released eight acclaimed albums and EPs, including Invaders, Reduction in Drag, Crooked Kisses, Lonely Creatures, Nightfall, Midnight Waits for No One, and King of Sorrows (releasing February 2026). Their remix album Cut Up Kisses features collaborations with notable producers and artists such as Lusine, Rick G. Nelson (The Afghan Whigs), Mike Simonetti, and Erik Blood. Jupe Jupe’s music has resonated across college and alternative radio, with Lonely Creatures landing in the Top 30 Most-Added albums during its first week, and holding a spot in the NACC Top 200 for a month. Crooked Kisses and Reduction in Drag both charted on the CMJ Top 200, while their single “Pieces of You” was featured on the CMJ March 2014 Mixtape. The band has also received support from KEXP with multiple podcast features and regional airplay. Jupe Jupe has shared bills with The Ocean Blue, ACTORS, LEATHERS, We Are Scientists, The Alarm, Yelle, The Pipettes, and Penguin Prison, among others. They performed at the CMJ Music Marathon in New York City, appeared as featured artists on two episodes of the TV series Band in Seattle, and brought their dark, dynamic live set to the 2024 and 2025 Seattle Seagaze festivals. Dedicated to community as well as craft, the band has also contributed performances to numerous benefit events supporting organizations such as the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and Teen Feed. With a growing catalog of evocative, pulse-driven songs and a reputation for immersive live performances, Jupe Jupe continues to carve their own path through the modern darkwave and post-punk landscape.