Browse by Label: DEAD OCEANS

Artist:	CITAY
Title:	Little Kingdom
Label:	DEAD OCEANS
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	DOC 008CD

"An otherworldly place, full of psychedelic swirl, soaring harmonies and grandiose jams. Little Kingdom is the second album from San Francisco's Citay. It's an epic journey, and an album that sounds out of place in 2007 -- a classic in the purest sense. Like Citay's 2006 self-titled debut, the '70s rock sensibility is intact; Thin Lizzy, acoustic Led Zeppelin, Big Star and The Byrds all remain touchstones. But Little Kingdom moves further into ambitious composition, referencing Popul Vuh, Animals-era Pink Floyd, the Fripp-Eno collaborations, and early Mike Oldfield. The twin leads are still huge, the ballads still sweet, but Citay is reaching for more on Little Kingdom."

Artist:	BOWERBIRDS
Title:	Hymns For A Dark Horse
Label:	DEAD OCEANS
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	DOC 017CD

"'Only once every ten years or so does one hear a new band this good, this bursting with ideas, this audibly in love with music. It is beyond stunning. This band is the complete package.' Ears tend to perk up when a record review sings praises like these, especially when the praises come from the Mountain Goats' John Darnielle, as they did recently on his Last Plane to Jakarta web site hailing the Bowerbirds' debut album, Hymns For A Dark Horse. Dead Oceans is overjoyed to be sharing the sounds of Bowerbirds with listeners worldwide. Hymns For A Dark Horse was originally released in July of 2007 on Burly Time Records, and is now issued in an expanded form featuring two bonus tracks. Upon the initial release of the album, Pitchfork graced it with an 8.4 and 'recommended' stamp of approval, saying: '[Bowerbirds] churn out deceptively pleasing folksongs about plants and animals and the unforgivable things we do to them... hypnotically pretty and a little bit weird, characteristics of the very best kind of Americana music. Bowerbirds do for backyards what the Hold Steady's done for parking lots -- translated place into sound.'"

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