Being as an Ocean is an American post-hardcore band from Alpine, California, formed in 2011. They have released five studio albums: Dear G-d..., How We Both Wondrously Perish, a self-titled album, Waiting for Morning to Come, released on 8 September 2017, and PROXY: An A.N.I.M.O. Story, released in 2019. How We Both Wondrously Perish was released in May 2014 and charted at number 57 on the Billboard 200 in the U.S. Being as an Ocean是一支来自美国加州阿尔派恩的后硬核乐队，成立于2011年，目前由主唱Joel Quartuccio，主唱兼吉他手Michael McGough，吉他手David Baqi和鼓手Louis Doran组成。他们已经发行了五张录音室专辑，其中第二张《How We Both Wondrously Perish》于2014年5月发行，在美国Billboard 200排行榜上排名57位。乐队的音乐风格被描述为后硬核、旋律硬核、后摇滚和人声念白。主唱Joel Quartuccio以“充满激情的歌声”而闻名，他“将念白和充满痛苦的传统嘶吼声结合在一起，就像一幅充满激情的挂毯画”。影响他们风格的乐队包括MewithoutYou, Sigur Rós, Oceana, Bring Me the Horizon, Listener, Verse, Comeback Kid, Underoath, Touché Amoré和La Dispute。乐队的名字受到圣雄甘地的一句名言的影响：“你不能对人性失去信心。人类就像海洋：如果海洋中只有几滴水脏了，海洋也不会变得肮脏。”