Although D.D Dumbo (a.k.a. Oliver Hugh Perry) frequently invokes the ocean across his music, you won’t find any of the romantic gentle-waves-and-walks-on-the-beach imagery that has come to define ocean-themed music here. On Utopia Defeated, Perry’s ode is to the dark, soupy, depths of the unknown. The album opens with “Walrus,” an arresting and idiosyncratic song that requires […]