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Young Oceans’ cosmic devotional music lives at the meeting point of art rock, psychedelia, ambient pop, and worship. Founded in 2012 by composer Eric Marshall with fellow members of New York City’s Trinity Grace Church, the project makes music for contemplation: songs of awe, doubt, beauty, surrender, and the mysterious nearness of God.

Over the years, Young Oceans has evolved from a collective into an expansive, deeply personal body of work—what Marshall now dubs “prayer music.” After the cinematic sweep of Suddenly (Or the Nuclear Sunburst of the Truth Revealed), the project moved through the festive interlude of Songs of Christmas, the live catharsis of Among the Ruins, and the intimate, vocal-forward prayers of 2021’s You Are Fullness. Subjects in Motion (2022) opened the music outward again, welcoming a community of collaborators including Josh Garrels, Amanda Cook, Molly Parden, and John Mark Pantana.

On 2024’s Somehow I Know It’s Love, Marshall pushed Young Oceans into its most adventurous terrain yet: familiar devotional melodies suspended in vivid, off-kilter electronic production shaped with New York producer Kerim Wilhelm. Releases such as 2025’s Love Like Raindrops Made of Light continued that search for new forms—music that feels futuristic and handmade, spiritually rooted yet open to mystery.

That spirit takes a quieter turn on 2026’s Music for After Amen, an instrumental companion to author Tyler Staton’s After Amen: Fifty Days of Poetry and Prayer. Created with collaborators Luke Skaggs and Rob Ritchie, the seven-song collection lingers in the spacious aftermath of prayer: a place for reflection, attention, and the slow work of becoming present.

Whether rendered as a hushed prayer, a communal hymn, or a drifting pop experiment, Young Oceans remains devoted to the same pursuit: making space to encounter the holy in the midst of a crazed, beautiful world.