Tag Archives: Dead Oceans

Destroyer: Have We Met

On January 31, 2020, “Dead Oceans” label released “Have We Met”, the twelve Destroyer album. It was recorded in 2019 and was produced by John Collins.

Personnel:

  • Dan Bejar – vocals, synthesizer
  • Nicolas Bragg – guitar
  • John Collins – bass, synthesizer, drum programming, granular synthesis, mixing
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering
  • Maegan Hill-Carroll – front and back cover photos, design

Track listing:

  1. Crimson Tide
  2. Kinda Dark
  3. It Just Doesn’t Happen
  4. The Television Music Supervisor
  5. The Raven
  6. Cue Synthesizer
  7. University Hill
  8. Have We Met
  9. The Man in Blak’s Blues
  10. Foolssong

Japanese Breakfast: Softs Sounds from Another Planet

On July 14, 2017, “Dead Oceans” label released “Soft Sounds from Another Planet”, the second Japanese Breakfast studio album. It was recorded in 2016, and was produced by Craig Hendrix and Michelle Zauner.

Personnel:

  • Michelle Zauner– vocals, guitars
  • David Bartler – saxophone
  • Asher Brooks – trumpet
  • Jorge Elbrecht – mixing
  • David Hartley– engineer
  • Todd Schied – engineer
  • Craig Hendrix – engineer
  • Michael Johnson – engineer
  • Heba Kadry – mastering
  • Craig Scheihing – photography
  • Nathaniel David Utesch – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Michelle Zauner.

  1. Diving Woman
  2. Road Head
  3. Machinist
  4. Planetary Ambience
  5. Soft Sounds from Another Planet
  6. Boyish
  7. 12 Steps
  8. Jimmy Fallon Big!
  9. The Body Is a Blade
  10. Till Death
  11. This House
  12. Here Come the Tubular Bells

Tallest Man On The Earth: Dark Bird Is Home

On May 12, 2015, “Dead Oceans” label released “Dark Bird Is Home”, the fourth  Tallest Man on Earth album. It was recorded in 1974, and was produced by Kristian Matsson and BJ Burton

Personnel:

  • Kristian Matsson – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, pedal steel guitar,  banjo, bass guitar, clarinet,  harmonica, alto horn, omnichord, percussion,  piano,  synthesizer, drums, tape machine, tom-tom drum
  • Mike Noyce– electric guitar, viola, violin, vocals, backup vocals
  • Oskar Bond – piano
  • Bird Coulter – piano
  • Dan Huiting – bass guitar
  • Mats Winkvist – bass guitar
  • Mike Lewis – bass guitar, piano, soprano saxophone, saxophones, synthesizers
  • Niclas Nordin – drums, percussion
  • J. Camerieri – French horn, trumpet
  • BJ Burton – engineer, mixing
  • Huntley Miller – mastering
  • Cameron Wittig – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Kristian Matsson.

  1. Fields of Our Home
  2. Darkness of the Dream
  3. Singers
  4. Slow Dance
  5. Little Nowhere Towns
  6. Sagres
  7. Timothy
  8. Beginners
  9. Seventeen
  10. Dark Bird Is Home

Ryley Walker: Primrose Green

On March 31, 2015, “Dead Oceans” label released “Primrose Green”, the second  Ryley Walker studio album. It was recorded 2014 – 2015, at “Minbal” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Ryley Walker.

Personnel:.

  • Ryley walker – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Brian Sulpizio – electric guitar, mixing
  • Ben Boye – piano, pump organ, keyboards
  • Jason Adasiewicz – vibraphone
  • Fred Lonberg Holm – cello
  • Whitney Johnson – vocals, viola
  • Anton Hatwich – bass, double bass
  • Frank Rosaly – drums, percussion
  • Cooper Crain – recording
  • Jeff Lipton – mastering
  • Maria Rice – mastering assistant
  • Dusdin Conred – photography
  • Bill Meyers – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Ryley Walker.

  1. Primrose Green
  2. Summer Dress
  3. Same Minds
  4. Griffith Buck’s Blues
  5. Love Can Be Cruel
  6. On the Banks of the Old Kishwaukee
  7. Sweet Satisfaction
  8. The High Road
  9. All Kinds of you
  10. Hide in the Roses