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- Deep Sea Arcade is a psychedelic Indie rock band from Sydney, Australia. The group began as a home recording project for founding members, Nic McKenzie (lead singer, songwriter, lyricist) and Nick Weaver (bass, guitar) while in their mid-teens, using four-track tape recorders, broadcast microphones, analog synths and unconventional computer programs. Their debut album Outlands, received a worldwide release in 2012 through Ivy League Records, with singles heavily supported in Australia by Triple J (Feature Album) and FBi Radio (Feature Album), in the UK by BBC 1, BBC Radio 6, and XFM, in America by KROQ and KCRW, and in Europe by 3FM. The band have played sold-out tours across venues in Australia's major cities, as well as having a spot on Australiaʼs Big Day Out festival, the band toured with Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Spoon, Temples, The Charlatans, Girls, Kaiser Chiefs, Cloud Control and Modest Mouse. They also toured the UK and Europe extensively, including appearances at Lowlands Festival (Netherlands), (UK), Secret Garden Party (UK) Primavera Sound Festival (Spain), (Germany), Live at Leeds (UK) Liverpool Sound City (UK) (UK), and sold-out headline shows in the UK. In 2013, Deep Sea Arcade signed to Australian music veteran, Michael Chugg's newest business division, Chugg Music, joining a roster of Australian talent including Megan Washington, Sheppard, The Griswolds and . "Deep Sea Arcade are one of the best bands in Australia, and we're very excited to be working with them, along with the rest of our Chugg Music roster," Chugg said. "They have been selling out shows all over Europe and playing the biggest festivals. It won't be long before the whole world knows them and we're pretty excited to be a part of it." Upon returning to Australia, the band also started Sydney-based club night , inspired by DIY events curated by bands like The Horrors and The Black Angels As of October 6, 2018, Deep Sea Arcade went dark on all social media. Their website, Twitter and Facebook were all showing black, signifying an announcement for their second album. On 26 October, Blacklight was released. McKenzie called the album "a fusion of soul, electronic and disco". In 2021, Nick Weaver died of bowel cancer at the age of 37. (en)
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- Deep Sea Arcade is a psychedelic Indie rock band from Sydney, Australia. The group began as a home recording project for founding members, Nic McKenzie (lead singer, songwriter, lyricist) and Nick Weaver (bass, guitar) while in their mid-teens, using four-track tape recorders, broadcast microphones, analog synths and unconventional computer programs. In 2013, Deep Sea Arcade signed to Australian music veteran, Michael Chugg's newest business division, Chugg Music, joining a roster of Australian talent including Megan Washington, Sheppard, The Griswolds and . (en)
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