Dead Oceans

I just listened to the Bill Fay Group "Tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow" 2xLP vinyl repress and I have to say that I was very disappointed, especially for side C (which is the real side B of the original album), full of hiss and cracklings and between two songs there is always a small part of vinyl missing with a depression that ruins I definitely listen to it. I would like to complain to Dead Oceans because I certainly didn't pay too little for the album...

"How hard is it to put out a decent product that's flat and free of noise?" Hardly any record label owns their own presses, vinyl is done by a third party. All the pressing plants are backed up, some are rushing to get orders filled and mistakes happen, some are new startups who don't really have the best practices yet, some are old school and have been pressing cheapo discs since the 80's and have ancient machines prone to pits and warps (and maybe have an older idea of what "good" vinyl is.)

why do the best labels have to give such shitty presses 90% of the time!!! we are tired

Bad quality vinyl pressings. How hard is it to put out a decent product that's flat and free of noise?

Such a shame that a label with so many great acts puts out such shitty vinyl pressings. I got burned so many times and usually just buy the CD's now instead.

As The guy below has said, had the displeasure of owning a few Dead Oceans releases. Phoebe Bridger's Punisher is hands down the worst pressing of any album i've ever owned. Sounded like it was being played in a different room it was so muddy. Stay clear

Consistently bad pressings, with only few exceptions. I'm avoiding them like the plague from now on. It's the Dead Oceans pressings, amost every time that are unlistenable (except Have We Met - Destroyer). I returned Kevin Morby's Sundowner today, the day after release. I regret that I did not return the Oh My God album, Mitski, Ryley Walker and so on. You hear the surface noise better than you hear the music. Vinyl is not supposed to sound like that. I've simply had enough of the disappointment, so no more. Dead Oceans, please don't release more albums of my favorite artists.

I like these guys. With very few exceptions, Dead Oceans doesn't mess around with substandard pressings. Everything from Eno to Destroyer has sounded topnotch.

And, to my knowledge, they pretty much always include a card—which is very important to me.