For Ocean Alley, they just needed confidence to get things rolling.

The indie surf-rock outfit returns with Love Balloon, their fifth studio album which got air last Friday, Sept. 19 via Community Music.

For the first time, the Australian six-piece worked with legendary rock producer Nick DiDia (Bruce Springsteen, Rage Against The Machine), following an introduction from former Powderfinger frontman Bernard Fanning.

“You can tell how experienced he is,” enthuses vocalist Baden Donegal, “because he was just so laid back and everything just gets done and on time. He just knows what’s down the road, and we’re still learning all of that.”

After a couple beers and some rounds of golf with DiDia, the musicians just “hung out like mates” and talked a little bit about music. “It was just the m

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