Oceana Company was a Dutch

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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

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. Their 2008 debut album 'For The Boatman' was produced by Marcel v/d Vondervoort of

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and released by Spacejam Records/

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. Their song 'Trenchfever' reached number 1 in the Dutch Indiechart in May 2008. In 2009 the band was selected for the Dutch Popronde 2009.Popronde
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Discography

Studio albums

# ''Promo 2007'' (EP), 2007 # ''For The Boatman'', 2008

References

External links

Band's official homepageBand's own myspace pageInterview 'Lords Of Metal'
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20110723120042/http://www.oor.nl/albums_details.asp?id=6801&albumType=1 OOR reviewbr>Debuutalbum voor Oceana Company

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CD van Zwolse band met roots in Emmeloord

Programma festival No Bowling rond
, Friesch Dagblad
The Pineapple Thief en de Oceana Company
LiveXS
Oceana Company - For The Boatman
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