DESERT CITY SOUNDTRACK

Portland, Oregon

Matt Carrillo (vocals, guitar)
Cory Gray (piano, vocals, organ, trumpet)
Brian Wright (drums)
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Recommended If You Like: Bright Eyes, Three Mile Pilot, Black Heart Procession

Perfect Addiction CD (DER-444)

With three previous releases exhibiting willful disregard for anything resembling a traditional genre, Perfect Addiction, shows further vision, craft and originality. Beautiful arrangements, ghostly piano-led sequences and a sombre tone which make the hairs stand up on the back of your neck. One of the most powerful and genre-defying albums of the year. ...More / Reviews / Audio /
Funeral Car CD (DER-431)

One of the more unorthodox - and most appealing - characteristics on Funeral Car is the prominence of piano and drums...the dark, rich chords bursting and fading. But these heady, winding arrangements don't take the easy way out. Exceptional lyrics hit hard with a yearning voice that gives a stunning side to melancholia and pain. From sheer silence to sheer violence ...More / Reviews / Audio /
Contents Of Distraction CD EP (DER-425)

Contents Of Distraction works sound and structure into an awe-inspiring, dark collection of post-hardcore brilliance that crashes head-on, explodes upwards and just keeps going and going, twisting and turning, morphing and melting. Half the time blistering and fierce with urgent intensity, the other half restrained and unearthly much like the calm before the storm. ...More / Reviews / Audio /
Desert City Soundtrack / Settlefish / Sounds Like Violence CD EP (DER-437)

SLV begins this split with an impressive example of what this band is capable of, insanely passionate, highlighted by pushed-to-the-brink vocals and razor-sharp guitars. Settlefish carries the fiery torch with stout, rolling bass lines, kinetic guitars and Clancy's singing easily the most electric he's been on record. Continuing on the path of unpredictability, Desert City ...More / Reviews / Audio /
Deep Elm (Various) - Cover Your Tracks CD (DER-450)

New School Deep Elm meets Old School Deep Elm in this unique collection of cover songs. Newer bands on the Deep Elm roster were given total freedom to cover songs from our older bands / alumni...and the results are simply incredible. Get your hands on one of these...this is a Limited Edition of 1,000 CDs. The record also includes a new track from Sounds Like Violence and closes with a fan-submitted track about our label and bands. Word. ...More / Reviews / Audio /
Unreleased No. 4: Deep Elm (Various) Digital Only (DER-459)

Highlights of Unreleased No. 4 include secretly collected and quietly stashed tracks by veterans Benton Falls and Dead Red Sea, plus multiple brand new recordings from Slowride, Desert City Soundtrack, Free Diamonds, Burns Out Bright and Eleven Minutes Away. A must for all Deep Elm fans...new, young and old. All songs are Exclusive to this series - this is the Only place you'll find them. ...More
Unreleased No. 3: Deep Elm (Various) Digital Only (DER-458)

Highlights of Unreleased No. 3 include secretly collected and quietly stashed tracks by veterans Benton Falls, Race Car Riot, Slowride, Dead Red Sea and Camber, brand new recordings from Sounds Like Violence, Burns Out Bright, Desert City Soundtrack and Eleven Minutes Away, plus two awesome acoustic tracks by Small Arms Dealer and Slowride. A must for all Deep Elm fans...new, young and old. All songs are Exclusive to this series - this is the Only place you'll find them. ...More
Emo Diaries No. 6: The Silence In My Heart CD (DER-403)

Unreleased songs by Benton Falls (ex-Ethel Meserve), Dead Red Sea (ex-Cross My Heart), Lewis, Dear Diary (Germany), Barcode (Sweden), Stuart (Sweden), Desert City Soundtrack, Hangin'On A Thread (Italy), Naht (Japan), Andherson, Honeysuckle Serontina (Canada) and Southpaw (England). "Deep Elm have again succeeded in assembling tracks that burrow straight ...More / Reviews / Audio /
Also Appears On:

"Too Young To Die: Preventing Youth Suicide" (DER-427) ...More / Reviews / Audio /
"Sampler No. 7: Deep Elm - Defending The Kingdom" (DER-460) ...More / Reviews / Audio /
"Sampler No. 6: Deep Elm - The New Crazy" (DER-445) ...More / Reviews / Audio /
"Sampler No. 5: Deep Elm - This Is How I Kill My Tears" (DER-430) ...More / Reviews / Audio /
"Sampler No. 4: Deep Elm - Hearts Bleed Blue" (DER-415) ...More / Reviews / Audio /
"Emo Is Awesome / Emo Is Evil 2: Deep Elm (Various)" (DER-667) ...More / Reviews / Audio /
"Emo Is Awesome / Emo Is Evil: Deep Elm (Various)" (DER-666) ...More / Reviews / Audio /