BLEEDING ROSES RECORDS PRESENTS:

Premiering 11 unique acts from Portland and the PNW - Tell Your Friends is Portland’s first and only compilation album recorded, mixed, and mastered fully in house.

The goal was simple: spend one full night in the studio, without the tricks, gimmicks, auto-tunes, AI, meticulous re-tracking….and leave with a track that is a unique, raw take on the bands and their music.

There’s something about that “demo magic” - and sometimes I feel like DIY records capture that magic, and give life to music in a way a million dollar studio couldn’t replicate. I wanted to create an opportunity for musicians to be able to try a new idea without the pressure or stress of a ticking clock or expenses.

Bleeding Roses Records is, and always will be about Community, Accessibility, and DIY culture. This yearly compilation, is one of many ways I plan to give back to the music community in the Pacific Northwest






TELL YOUR FRIENDS VOL. 1

FEATURING:

Window Pane - High Glow
Yesferatu - Titans of Industry
Alius Ubique - It & I
Two Bats, You’re Dead - Reptile Lovechild
Crazy For Crazy - Medoc
Open Book - Arthur Buezo
Neon - Seeking Sunrises
In the Middle of It - Baby Grendel
House of Slumber - Grimiss
Mom, I’m Not an Alcoholic - Muscle Cats
Ooh Girl - A Spherical Banana


MEET THE ARTISTS

  • TITANS OF INDUSTRY

    Titans of Industry is a psychedelic punk rock power trio from the heart of the PNW

  • WESTBOUND CITY TRAIN

    Westbound City Train plays an eclectic style of high energy folk music, from Portland Oregon.

  • Seeking Sunrises

    Founded on a mutual fondness of the outdoors, Seeking Sunrises is an indie-rock band from Portland, Oregon, supplying somber and soulful sounds for all.

  • It & i

    It&i is a one man Junkyard Carnival Pop shenaniganza


  • Reptile Lovechild

    Snake Grabbin, Toad Licking and Hog Crankin Folk Punk band out of Corvallis


  • A Spherical Banana

    A Spherical Banana

    A Spherical Banana is like Americana from space.


  • Grimiss

    Grimiss is a PNW electro-psych witch rock duo


  • Highglow

    High Glow is a “Sludge-Gaze” band from Portland, Oregon with a sound reminiscent of the early 90s with nostalgic undertones of grunge, post-punk, sludge and shoegaze.

  • Arthur Buezo

    Savage Folk

  • MEDOC

    Medoc: Terms and conditions apply. Void where prohibited. Offer not available in Utah.


  • MUSCLE CATS

    We're smooth-brained rock 'n' roll

  • Baby Grendel

    PNW art-rock

WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?

Bleeding Roses Records was founded on the principle that music should be accessible to EVERYONE. Part of this means breaking down the financial barriers and wasteful business practices that keep most of us from ever being able to attempt recording. DIY has come a long way as well - Together we can make amazing things happen. This is my attempt to prove that to you, while also having some fun making some noise!

This unique recording experiment strives to show off your band in the most authentic, genuine way possible. No studio tricks, no gimmicks, no auto-tune, no locking to the grid….Just YOUR unique sound. Bring your amps, your drums, your efx, and your amazing ideas and creativity. With this record, we hope this fun annual event will also inspire other local musicians to hit the garage, basement, or bedroom studio and get their music out there!

WANT TO BE ON TELL YOUR FRIENDS VOL. 2?

Submissions for Volume 2 go live on November 1st, 2025! Follow me on Instagram @bleedingrosesrecords or check back later this Fall for more info!

 FAQs

  • Yup. This project is being done at zero cost to the bands involved. All you have to spend is your time. Its that simple.

  • This one is also pretty straight forward:

    You retain the rights to your song. This is not a “signed to a label” situation. We retain rights to the recordings (stems, raw files) to ensure the work remains in house.

    If you’d like to record with me and take your stems elsewhere, we can do that! Just…not for this project.

  • Money is never the focus of anything we do, that being said, it would be cool to put some money in everyone’s pockets. Streaming royalties will be paid out to the bands Quarterly, with Bleeding Roses Records taking a modest 20% to recoup costs, and invest in the following year (and eventually including physical releases, vinyls, merch etc). Again, these are pennies we are talking about. The focus is the community building and creation!

  • First session: 4 - 8 hours
    Retake session: 1 - 2 hours

    Thats it! Just one to two sessions is all it takes.

  • Your instruments, pedal boards/efx, and drumkit! If your guitar or bass amp is a major part of your tone, bring that too! The goal is to show the world what your band sounds like, not what my software can do.