"Oceans with No End" is a single by the American
synthpop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s a ...
band
Cold Cave. The single was released in 2013 through
Deathwish Inc.
Deathwish, Inc. is an American independent record label conceived by Jacob Bannon of Converge and Tre McCarthy in 2000. Their first release was '' Deeper the Wound'', a split album between Converge and Japanese band Hellchild on April 23, 2001. D ...
— a label co-founded by
Jacob Bannon of
Converge.
"Oceans with No End" was also the first release from the band following the death of former Cold Cave contributor Justin Benoit.
Critical reception
In his track review, Ian Cohen of
Pitchfork wrote that "the track draws from ''
Cherish the Light Years
''Cherish the Light Years'' is the second studio album from the American band Cold Cave, released on April 5, 2011 on Matador Records.
Release and reception
''Cherish the Light Years'' was released on April 5, 2011. The album was released by Mat ...
'' potent and extremely loud alchemy of
goth-rock
Gothic rock (also called goth rock or simply goth) is a style of rock music that emerged from post-punk in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. The first post-punk bands which shifted toward dark music with gothic overtones include Siouxsie an ...
and jock-jams." He also stated: "Befitting its lower-stakes release, "Oceans with No End" is a little more brittle and streamlined than "The Great Pan Is Dead", but it regardless captures that all-consuming sense of ambition and yearning contained within the latter."
On the b-side "People Are Poison", Cohen also stated: "People allows a more exploratory approach to finding new angles on tried and true influences, turning the shuffle in
DM's ten-gallon hat goth into something more linear while adding the grainy, brittle distortion of early
Jesus and Mary Chain."
Track listing
All songs written, recorded and performed by Wes Eisold.
;Side A
# "Oceans with No End" – 4:35
;Side B
# "People Are Poison" – 3:57
Personnel
"Oceans with No End" personnel adapted from liner notes.
*
Jacob Bannon – art design
*
Wesley Eisold – recording, composition, all instruments, art direction
* Kris Lapke – mixing, mastering
* Dan Rawe – photography
References
External links
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Albums with cover art by Jacob Bannon
2013 singles
Deathwish Inc. EPs
2013 songs
Cold Cave songs