Our guest today is Elise Okusami.

Elise is a New York City based guitarist and vocalists who performs under the name Oceanator. As Oceanator, Elise has released three albums so far, including, most recently Nothing’s Ever Fine, which came out earlier on this year.

Elise has covered a couple of Elliott Smith songs during her career, including and the Biggest Lie, which we’re discussing today in this episode. As you might be able to guess from that, Elise is a big Elliott Smith fan. In fact she’s such a big fan that she even wrote a university thesis on him. 

It was really lovely talking to Elise for this episode, so I very much hope you enjoy listening to it.

Extra things to look at / listen to: 


The Biggest Lie by Elliott Smith 
The Biggest Lie by Oceanator (cover) 
Wouldn't Momma Be Proud by Oceanator (cover)
Elliott Smith live at the Yo Yo A Go Go Festival, Olympia 1999
Clementine by Sofa City Sweetheart

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