Emo Love

Deep Elm is an independent recording label based in North Carolina in the US, and prides itself on searching out the best new alternative music across the world. The first release from this label was the single “Anthemic Tune” by Curdlefur in 1995, which was soon followed by some classic album series including “This Is Indie Rock“, the highly successful volumes that included bands such as Campsite, Broken October, and Element, also the critically acclaimed ‘Emo Diaries‘.

The Emo Diaries is a cult series of musical journeys, which have been documenting some of the best new young bands throughout the world for the last ten years, including Jimmy Eat World, Further Seems Forever, Penfold, and Sounds Like Violence. All the tracks featured in the series are new and unreleased, meaning that each compilation is truly unique, and not just a rehash of previously released music aimed at cashing in on recent popular sounds.

All the bands featured on the compilations were chosen by the record label from a vast range of open submissions, and then selected purely on the music itself, regardless of style or content, which means each compilation features a wide range of some of the best alternative and underground music out there. The cult site Punk Rock Reviews called this series from Deep Elm “The best compilation series on this planet. Period”, and these sentiments have been echoed by many other top critics across the music scene.

You can buy or download all the Emo Diaries, including the most recent (number eleven) ‘Taking Back What’s Ours‘ and other albums from Deep Elm at their homepage www.deepelm.com, and also listen to some free sample tracks. You can also get some of the compilations at Amazon.com, and on various MP3 digital download websites.