Photo by Hush RecordsLocal (Portland) Record Label, Hush Records, recently celebrated their tenth anniversary. In honor of the celebration they are giving away a two disc compilation of Hush artists for free from their site. Hush Records is best known for releasing early material by The Decemberists, but you would be hard pressed to find anyone who would claim that they're the only worthy band on the label.
There were a number of retrospectives in local newspapers last week about the label which was started by Chad Crouch.
Willamette Week
Back when Portland-born Crouch started Hush, things were a bit more, well, quiet on Portland’s musical front. He met the label’s earliest artists—its first release was a three-way split featuring Kind of Like Spitting, Jeff London and Reclinerland—by simply offering to record them. “I’ve never had trouble thinking something’s possible,” Crouch says of Hush’s genesis. “I didn’t have a visualization, like a prophet or a visionary would have. I’ve just been showing up and going along for the ride and responding as best I can.”
The label's mostly local roster is centered around a notable "Hush sound" (think mid-tempo, intelligent lyrics, and rich, textured production), a "Hush look" (clean layout, impressive packaging), and the fascinating way the label operates as one collective family, where performers hop between bands, everyone is close, and the line between musician and artist is deliberately blurred.
Photo by Carson Ellis
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