Tag: Dead Oceans
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Japanese Breakfast, Soft Sounds From Another Planet, 2017 on Dead Oceans
First release on Dead Oceanes from Michelle Zauner, aka Japanese Breakfast, and her/their second full length LP. It’s an eclectic record but I really enjoy it. (The AV Club at the Onion called Zauner a “21st-century Björk” – though that makes me wonder why Björk isn’t a 21st-century Björk). My copy is the 2023 reissue…
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Wednesday, Rat Saw God, 2023 on Dead Oceans
Wednesday is out of Asheville NC, and blends together shoegaze / noisy indie rock with a kind of alt. country / country rock vibe. Expect to see much more from them in the next few years. Naming your band “Wednesday” in the area of search engine optimization is delightfully perverse – though “Wednesday Band” does…
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Shame, Food for Worms, 2023 on Dead Oceans
My membership in Secretly Society actually introduced me to shame, a post-punk band from the UK (who style their name in lower case). This was their third LP for Dead Oceans, recorded at Assault and Battery studios in London, and produced by Flood. My copy in red/blue split vinyl via Secretly Society where it was…
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Kevin Morby, City Music, 2017 on Dead Oceans
Morby‘s fourth solo album and second on Dead Oceans – he was previously in Woods and The Babies. Includes a cover of “Caught in My Eye” by the Germs and a passge from Flannery O’Connor My copy is the Vinyl Me, Please reissue from 2023 on white & orange tie-dye vinyl, which includes a 12…
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Toro y Moi, Mahal, 2022 on Dead Oceans
Via Secretly Society, a red and white marble smoke edition of Toro y Moi’s first release on Dead Oceans. The Mattson 2 get co-billing on “Millenium.” Mahal is a Tagalog word meaning “expensive.”
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Mitski, Laurel Hell, 2022 on Dead Oceans.
Mitski, Laurel Hell, 2022 on Dead Oceans. Secretly Society version Feb 2022 Great follow up to Be The Cowboy.
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Durand Jones & The Indications, Private Space, 2021 on Dead Oceans
Durand Jones & The Indications, Private Space, 2021 on Dead Oceans Via Secretly Society for August 2021 Lovely retro soul for the times
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Japanese Breakfast, Jubilee, 2021 on Dead Oceans
Japanese Breakfast, Jubilee, 2021 on Dead Oceans My copy via Secretly Society Most recent LP from Japanese Breakfast (also author of Crying in H Mart, being made into a film).
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Kane Strang, Two Hearts and No Brain, 2017 on Dead Oceans
Kane Strang, Two Hearts and No Brain, 2017 on Dead Oceans By name alone I expected Kane Strang to be a country singer but the reality was much better. 😉 New Zealand indie / Lofi via VNYL
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Shame, Drunk Tank Pink, 2021 on Dead Oceans
Shame, Drunk Tank Pink, 2021 on Dead Oceans Secretly Society release from Jan 2021 – blue/black split vinyl Shame’s second album – wonderful post-punk, reminds me a bit of Wire or Gang of Four, both great referents
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Better Oblivion Community Center, Self-Titled, 2019 on Dead Oceans.
Better Oblivion Community Center, Self-Titled, 2019 on Dead Oceans. Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers with (among others) Griffin Goldsmith and Wylie Gelber from Dawes, and Carla Azar mixed by John Congelton One of my favorites from 2019
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Marlon Williams, Make Way For Love, 2018 on Dead Oceans.
Marlon Williams, Make Way For Love, 2018 on Dead Oceans. Second studio album from New Zealand’s Marlon Williams – who was also recently featured on Courtney Barnett’s MTV Unplugged release. Via Daddy Kool Records in St.Pete FL.