5-472: Deep Elm Records is an independent record label releasing albums by bands such as Lights & Motion , The Appleseed Cast , Brandtson , The White Octave , and Planes Mistaken for Stars . It also released the compilation series The Emo Diaries . Deep Elm Records started in New York City by John Szuch. Deep Elm's first release was the single "Anthemic Tune" by Curdlefur in 1995. Its first album
10-407: A compilation series called This Is Indie Rock . Deep Elm's founder, John Szuch, claims that the original name for the series was intended to be The Indie Rock Diaries , but this was ruled out when the first volume included Jimmy Eat World and Samiam, who were both signed to major record labels . The Emo Diaries was chosen because The Emotional Diaries was too long for the album cover . Despite
15-420: The label released a series of twelve compilation albums titled The Emo Diaries . The series had an open submissions policy and featured mostly acts that were unsigned at the time of the albums' releases. The Emo Diaries featured then-new and unreleased music by such acts as The Appleseed Cast , Brandtson , Further Seems Forever , Jimmy Eat World , Planes Mistaken for Stars and Samiam . It also released
20-550: The title, the bands featured in the series have a diversity of sounds that do not all necessarily fit into the emo style of rock music. Andy Greenwald , in his book Nothing Feels Good: Punk Rock, Teenagers, and Emo , claims that the series "stake[s] a claim for emo as more a shared aesthetic than a genre." The label is now famous as a home for alternative post-rock bands, with acts such as Lights & Motion , Moonlit Sailor , Athletics and Dorena. Independent record label Too Many Requests If you report this error to
25-521: Was by Camber in March 1997. In 2006 Deep Elm Records signed its first UK act, Free Diamonds. By 2008, Deep Elm stopped pressing physical CDs and vinyl , effectively becoming a digital only label. The label has refused to be bought out by a larger company, and is currently located in Maui, Hawaii . Vice described Deep Elm as "a seminal label for the 90s/early 200s emo scene ". Between 1997 and 2007,
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