Dead Oceans

Dead Oceans is an American independent record label formed in 2007 and based in Bloomington, Indiana.

History
In 2007, Phil Waldorf founded Dead Oceans with Chris Swanson. Swanson suggested the name Dead Oceans, which came from the lyrics of Bob Dylan's "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" (1963). Chris' brother Ben Swanson, Darius Van Arman, and Jonathan Cargill of Secretly Canadian and Jagjaguwar also helped to found the label. The label is part of Secretly Group.

In 2017, the label released shoegaze band Slowdive's first album in 22 years.

In 2018, Dead Oceans was listed as #7 on Paste magazine's top-10 record labels of 2018.

Artists

 * A Place to Bury Strangers
 * Akron/Family
 * Alex Lahey
 * Bear in Heaven
 * Better Oblivion Community Center
 * Bill Fay
 * Bishop Allen
 * Bleached
 * Bowerbirds
 * Brazos
 * Bright Eyes
 * Califone
 * Citay
 * Destroyer
 * Dirty Projectors
 * Dub Thompson
 * Durand Jones & The Indications
 * Evangelicals
 * Fenne Lily
 * Frog Eyes
 * Gauntlet Hair
 * Japanese Breakfast
 * Jensen McRae
 * John Vanderslice
 * Julianna Barwick
 * Kane Strang
 * Kevin Morby
 * Khruangbin
 * Mark McGuire
 * Marlon Williams
 * Mitski
 * Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band
 * Nurses
 * On Fillmore
 * Phoebe Bridgers
 * Phosphorescent
 * Ryley Walker
 * Shame
 * Sloppy Jane
 * Slowdive
 * Strand of Oaks
 * Sun Airway
 * The Donkeys
 * The Explorers Club
 * The Luyas
 * The Tallest Man on Earth
 * These Are Powers
 * Tom Rogerson
 * Toro y Moi
 * Wednesday
 * White Hinterland