| Deep Sea Arcade | |
| Origin: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Genre: | Neo-psychedelia, Indie rock, psychedelic pop, pop rock |
| Years Active: | 2010–present |
| Label: | Chugg Music, Speak N Spell, Ivy League Records, Universal Music Australia |
| Current Members: | Nic Mckenzie |
| Past Members: | Nick Weaver |
Deep Sea Arcade is a psychedelic Indie rock band from Sydney, Australia.
The group began as a home recording project for founding members, Nic McKenzie (lead singer, songwriter, lyricist) and Nick Weaver (co-composer, bassist, and guitarist) while in their mid-teens, using four-track tape recorders, broadcast microphones, analog synths and unconventional computer programs.
Their debut album Outlands, received a worldwide release in 2012 through Ivy League Records, with singles heavily supported in Australia by Triple J (Feature Album) and FBi Radio (Feature Album), in the UK by BBC 1, BBC Radio 6, and XFM, in America by KROQ and KCRW, and in Europe by 3FM.
The band have played sold-out tours across venues in Australia's major cities, as well as having a spot on Australiaʼs Big Day Out festival, the band toured with Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Spoon, Temples, The Charlatans, Girls, Kaiser Chiefs, Cloud Control and Modest Mouse. They also toured the UK and Europe extensively, including appearances at Lowlands Festival (Netherlands), Wilderness Festival (UK), Secret Garden Party (UK) Primavera Sound Festival (Spain), Reeperbahn Festival (Germany), Live at Leeds (UK) Liverpool Sound City (UK) The Great Escape (UK), and sold-out headline shows in the UK.
In 2013, Deep Sea Arcade signed to Australian music veteran, Michael Chugg's newest business division, Chugg Music, joining a roster of Australian talent including Megan Washington, Sheppard, The Griswolds and Major Leagues.[1]
As of 6 October 2018, Deep Sea Arcade went dark on all social media. Their website, Twitter and Facebook were all showing black, signifying an announcement for their second album. On 26 October, Blacklight was released.[2] McKenzie called the album "a fusion of soul, electronic and disco".
Former founder and co-creator of Deep Sea Arcade, Nick Weaver went on to work on his own projects following the release of Black Light in 2018. In 2022 he had a posthumous solo album published of his own compositions entitled “Won’t Let Go”. “
In 2021, Nick Weaver died of bowel cancer at the age of 37.[3]