Pay What You Want For The Entire Deep Elm Records Catalog

February 18th, 2014

Troy Sennett

If you’re a fan of emo music, you probably owe a debt of gratitude to Deep Elm Records. Formed in New York City in 1995, the iconic label has been involved in the release of numerous landmark records in the genre, including early albums by The Appleseed Cast, Brandtson, and the Emo Diaries compilation series. Starting today, you can have all of those albums and more for whatever price you want to pay. Deep Elm is offering its entire catalog of more than 200 albums on a pay-what-you-want basis.

Deep Elm Records founder John Szuch had this to say about the move:

Fan support of our artists is a key element in the creation of music that inspires, excites and consoles. It’s all about bands and fans coming together as one and experiencing music’s awesome ability to move the soul. So if you have the means, please show your love by Naming Your Price for a download. If you sincerely do not have any means, in exchange for each download we politely request that you post, share, tag and tweet to tell your friends about the album. Our bands and label depend on your word of mouth. Even if it’s a small act of kindness you perform for a complete stranger (the world could really use more selfless acts of kindness), do something…pay it forward. Be pono.

Read the full statement from the label right here, then head over to their discography page and start downloading.