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Musicadium artists DEEP SEA ARCADE’s reverberated pop recalls The Beatles at their psychedelic peak, yet with a character and charm that is undeniably unique.  Ethereal guitars and lyrical quirks will transport the listener to a dark, watery world of mystery and enchantment, and leave their heads swimming with unforgettable melodies.

The group began as a song writing and home recording project for founding members and school mates Nic McKenzie and Nick Weaver when they were in their mid teens. Using 4-track tape recorders, broadcast microphones and unconventional computer programs they created a sinister backdrop to contrast with their penchant for pop song structure and melody.  Sarah from Musicadium caught up with the boys for a quirky and hilarious interview just before they hit Brisbane’s X and Y Bar 5th September on their run of dates up the East Coast of Australia.

You guys have just toured with Bluejuice – so exciting! How did that come about?

We’ve been offering to write songs for Bluejuice for years. We’ve sent them countless ideas that we thought fit their sound. Finally we must have made an impact. Not only are they using one of our songs as their next single (watch it here), they wanted to take us on the road. Maybe they want to touch us in the darkness.

You’ve got a very distinctive sound which has meant that you’ve had some hilarious and strange descriptions of it including, ‘it’s like the underwater dream John Lennon had about his ex-girlfriend’s haunted house while he was on acid, directed by David Lynch…’, and ‘it’s so goddamn lovely I want to vomit’. What is the strangest thing someone has written or said about your sound?

A Russian politician once likened one of our songs to being “shirtless inside a wheat silo”.

Ok, so there are the ridiculous descriptions of your sound – how would you describe it to someone who hadn’t heard it before?

Dreamy psyche-wave pop songs for scuba folk.

Richard Kingsmill is a fan of your work and you’ve now been added to high rotation on triple j. How did it feel to find out that Australia’s premier tastemaker was into it?

We’ve always loved triple j so of course we were very happy. We were also lucky enough to meet “The ‘Smill” and he was a sterling gentleman.

If you could collaborate with any musicians (living or dead) who would they be?

Lee Hazlewood, Ennio Morricone, Bluejuice and this guy.

Finally, what’s next for Deep Sea Arcade?

We were hoping Musicadium might consider hiring some of our band members in upper management positions. And we have an album on the way.

Deep Sea Arcade’s Don’t Be Sorry is available now on and they can be found at MySpace!

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