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.
Dreamy Brit-pop/atmosphere in bed with traditional emo. Soothing tempos filled with emo guitar stylings, but salvaged from Bland City with written vocal lines.
Leaning toward The Promise Ring and (gulp!) The Get Up Kids. A lighter, livelier, “less dark” but still great Brandtson with their solid sophomore release.
Three terrific bands, one small-yet-sweet package. Appleseed Cast reminds everyone that storytelling and conceptual lyric-writing is still a vital art form.
Never has another compilation series managed to find such flawless line-ups each and every single time. Signed, unsigned, domestic, foreign, it doesn’t matter.