Dead Oceans

{{Infobox record label

| name = Dead Oceans, Inc.

| image = DeadOceansRecords.gif

| founded = {{Start date and age|2006|06|30}}

| founder = Chris Swanson
Ben Swanson
Darius Van Arman
Jonathan Cargill
Phil Waldorf

| distributor = Secretly Distribution

| genre = Various

| country = United States

| location = Bloomington, Indiana

| website = {{URL|https://deadoceans.com}}

}}

Dead Oceans, Inc.,{{Cite web |date=2006-06-30 |title=Dead Oceans, Inc. |url=https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_in/2006070300406 |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=OpenCorporates}} is an American independent record label founded in 2006 and based in Bloomington, Indiana.{{Cite web|url=http://secretlygroup.com/|title=Secretly Group|website=secretlygroup.com|access-date=2019-11-08}}

History

On June 30, 2006, Phil Waldorf founded Dead Oceans with Chris Swanson.{{Cite web |title=LIVE FROM THE BEEHIVE |url=https://www.idsnews.com/article/2007/03/live-from-the-beehive |access-date=2019-11-11 |website=Indiana Daily Student}} Swanson suggested the name Dead Oceans, which came from the lyrics of Bob Dylan's "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" (1963).{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://deadoceans.com/about/ |access-date=2019-11-11 |website=deadoceans.com}}{{Cite web |last=Shepler |first=Jack |date=14 March 2007 |title=Record roundup of early 2007's Secretly Canadian and Jagjaguwar CDs |url=https://www.nuvo.net/music/record-roundup-of-early-s-secretly-canadian-and-jagjaguwar-cds/article_0e4c0924-f8ef-5a87-a13c-ccf97c1b2aa9.html |access-date=2019-11-11 |website=NUVO |language=en}} Chris' brother Ben Swanson, Darius Van Arman, and Jonathan Cargill of Secretly Canadian and Jagjaguwar also helped to found the label.Austin Powell, [http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A551909 "Dead Oceans Making Waves"] Austin Chronicle, October 19, 2007.Dave Maher, [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/41249-secretly-canadian-jagjaguwar-birth-dead-oceans "Secretly Canadian/Jagjaguwar Birth Dead Oceans"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011232751/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/41249-secretly-canadian-jagjaguwar-birth-dead-oceans|date=2008-10-11}} Pitchfork Media, February 19, 2007. The label was launched in 2007, and is part of Secretly Group.{{Cite web |date=2021-01-27 |title=Secretly Group |url=https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/companies/secretly-group-3/ |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=Music Business Worldwide |language=en-US}}

In 2017, the label released shoegaze band Slowdive's first album in 22 years.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/news/slowdive-return-new-song-after-22-years|title=Slowdive return with new song after 22 years (were savvy in naming themselves "slow" dive)|website=Tiny Mix Tapes|language=en|access-date=2019-11-11}}{{Cite web|url=https://observer.com/2017/04/slowdive-reunion-album-interview-nick-chaplin/|title=Slowdive on Reuniting for the Band's First Album in 22 Years|date=2017-04-26|website=Observer|language=en|access-date=2019-11-11}}{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/1484-slowdive-on-their-first-album-in-22-years-and-why-shoegaze-came-back/|title=Slowdive on Their First Album in 22 Years and Why Shoegaze Came Back|website=Pitchfork|date=10 April 2017 |language=en|access-date=2019-11-11}}

In 2018, Dead Oceans was listed as #7 on Paste magazine's top-10 record labels of 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/01/the-10-best-record-labels-of-2018.html|title=The 10 Best Record Labels of 2018|date=2018-12-31|website=pastemagazine.com|language=en|access-date=2019-11-11}}