Deep Sea Diver
Indie rock band Deep Sea Diver is the passion project of Californian singer/songwriter Jessica Dobson. After years performing with high-profile indie acts, she got a group together with her husband and issued their debut album, History Speaks, in 2012. Their breakthrough effort, Secrets, landed two years later. A third LP, Impossible Weight, carried them into the 2020s.
Based in Seattle, Dobson is backed by husband and drummer Peter Mansen, bassist Garrett Gue, and guitarist/keyboardist Elliot Jackson. In addition to stints with Beck, Spoon, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and the Shins, Dobson was briefly signed with Atlantic Records in 2004 as a solo artist. After recording a pair of albums for the label, she went independent and switched focus to Deep Sea Diver, releasing debut EP New Caves in 2009. The group's first full-length, History Speaks, appeared in 2012. After a second EP (Always Waiting) in 2014, they released their breakthrough LP Secrets on their own label, High Beam Records. Secrets was recorded with Luke Vander Pol and Darrell Thorp (Radiohead, Beck), and included the track "Creatures of Comfort" featuring Shins frontman James Mercer on backing vocals.
In the years that followed, Dobson and the band took their time crafting a follow-up. During that period, the adopted Dobson met her birth mother, an experience that contributed to the songwriting process for the outfit's third full-length, Impossible Weight. Released in late 2020 on ATO Records, the melodic guitars-and-synths set featured the singles "Lights Out" and "Wishing," as well as the title-track collaboration with Sharon Van Etten.
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Discography
9 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Impossible Weight
Alternative & Indie - Released by ATO RECORDS on 16 Oct 2020
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Hand In My Pocket (feat. Damien Jurado)
Alternative & Indie - Released by ATO RECORDS on 28 Sep 2021
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Impossible Weight
Alternative & Indie - Released by ATO RECORDS on 16 Oct 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
You Don't Own Me
Rock - Released by Deep Sea Diver on 12 Mar 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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It's Christmas Time - EP
Christmas Music - Released by High Beam Records on 22 Nov 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Forecast
Alternative & Indie - Released by Polyvinyl Records on 24 Feb 2022
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Last Christmas
Alternative & Indie - Released by Deep Sea Diver on 12 Dec 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo