Ocean Colour Scene (often abbreviated to OCS) are an English rock band from Birmingham.

Falling between the energetic pop/rock of mod revival and the psychedelic experimentations of Traffic , Ocean Colour Scene came to be one of the leading bands of the traditionalist, post- Oasis British rock of the mid-’90s. Although they had formed in the late ’80s and had several hits during the height of Madchester in the early ’90s, the band didn’t earn a large following until 1996, when their second album, Moseley Shoals, became a multi-platinum success story in the U.K. Their ascent