Oceana Company

Oceana Company
Origin	Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands
Genres	Indie rock, progressive rock
Years active	2004 (2004)–2013 (2013)
Labels	Spacejam, Suburban
Past members	Matthijs Herder Michiel Ferweda Han Schilder Robert Koole

Oceana Company ^[1] was a Dutch indie rock band comprising Matthijs Herder (vocals/guitar/mellotron), Michiel Ferweda (guitar), Han Schilder (bass guitar) & Robert Koole (drums). Their music is notable for its melancholic and psychedelic overtones, and the use of authentic keyboard instruments, such as a mellotron. Their 2008 debut album 'For The Boatman' was produced by Marcel v/d Vondervoort of Astrosoniq and released by Spacejam Records/Suburban Records. Their song 'Trenchfever' reached number 1 ^[2] in the Dutch Indiechart in May 2008. In 2009 the band was selected for the Dutch Popronde 2009. ^[3]

Discography

Studio albums

1. Promo 2007 (EP), 2007
2. For The Boatman, 2008

References

1. Oceana Company
2. "Free40 Indiechart". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
3. Popronde

External links

• Band's official homepage
• Band's own myspace page
• Interview 'Lords Of Metal'
• Musicfrom.nl interview track-by-track analyses 'For The Boatman'
• OOR review
• Debuutalbum voor Oceana Company, De Stentor
• CD van Zwolse band met roots in Emmeloord, De Stentor
• Programma festival No Bowling rond Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine , Friesch Dagblad
• The Pineapple Thief en de Oceana Company, LiveXS
• Oceana Company - For The Boatman, dprp.net