Oceans with No End

"Oceans with No End" is a single by the American synthpop band Cold Cave. The single was released in 2013 through Deathwish Inc. — a label co-founded by Jacob Bannon of Converge.^[4] "Oceans with No End" was also the first release from the band following the death of former Cold Cave contributor Justin Benoit.^[5][6][7]

"Oceans with No End"
Single by Cold Cave
B-side	"People Are Poison"
Released	2013 (2013)
Recorded	December 2012 at Wes Eisold's home in Hollywood, California[1]
Genre	Synthpop, gothic rock,[2] electronic rock[3]
Length	4:35
Label	Deathwish (DW144)
Songwriter(s)	Wesley Eisold
Producer(s)	Wesley Eisold
Cold Cave singles chronology
"A Little Death to Laugh" (2012) "Oceans with No End" (2013) "God Made the World" (2013)

Critical reception

In his track review, Ian Cohen of Pitchfork wrote that "the track draws from Cherish the Light Years' potent and extremely loud alchemy of goth-rock and jock-jams." He also stated: "Befitting its lower-stakes release, "Oceans with No End" is a little more brittle and streamlined than "The Great Pan Is Dead", but it regardless captures that all-consuming sense of ambition and yearning contained within the latter."^[2] On the b-side "People Are Poison", Cohen also stated: "'People' allows a more exploratory approach to finding new angles on tried and true influences, turning the shuffle in DM's ten-gallon hat goth into something more linear while adding the grainy, brittle distortion of early Jesus and Mary Chain."^[3]

Track listing

All songs written, recorded and performed by Wes Eisold.^[1]

Side A

1. "Oceans with No End" – 4:35

Side B

1. "People Are Poison" – 3:57

Personnel

"Oceans with No End" personnel adapted from liner notes.^[1]

• Jacob Bannon – art design^[8]
• Wesley Eisold – recording, composition, all instruments, art direction^[8]
• Kris Lapke – mixing, mastering
• Dan Rawe – photography