Steadfast Records will release two limited-edition deluxe vinyl and cassette reissues by emo heavyweights Cross My Heart in collaboration with Deep Elm Records.
While the artier half of Cross My Heart went on to create oblique sulkiness in Dead Red Sea, the poppier half push the hookier moments into a full-blown band.
It’s actually quite melancholy and touching, it just that it doesn’t live up to what I expected from ex-Cross My Heart guitarist/vocalist Ryan Shelkett.
The first three bands on this 19-tracker will prove that Deep Elm is THE emo label. None of their bands plays the dreaded genre of music without originality.