Waiting for Morning to Come is the fourth studio album by Being as an Ocean, which was released independently on September 8, 2017 after guitarist Tyler Ross bought the rights for the album following difficulties with their former record label Equal Vision, through which they were supposed to release the album. Guitarist Tyler Ross described their decision to leave Equal Vision and become independent in an interview with Alternative Press: I think we cut the cord mentally and legally there. It’s like drawing a line in the sand and saying, ‘We’re doing what we want now,’ You know? Before it’s like, you don’t want to let down your manager or your label or your publicist because they’re all ‘your friend’ who’s looking out for ‘your best interest.’ And I know they are, to an extent, but that extent is ‘your best interest’ in terms of sales, in terms of [money], which is the only mutual interest you share together. Your label doesn’t have a reason to care about your artistic fulfilment or your weirdness or your new ideas beyond what supplements the bottom line: ‘If your quirks are selling, then let’s showcase them. If not, why would we bother?
