Desert Records

01/13/2025

Sierra Vista, AZ fuzz rockers have signed to Desert Records ⚡️

‘Smear Merchants’ out on March 21st.
Fuzz Evil is a chug-heavy 4 Piece that tames the fuzziest guitar and bass tones on the planet and wields them to blast a monolithic speaker-ripping fuzzapocaplyse for your ears and soul. Raw and dirty in “Stooges-like” fashion with soaring soulful vocals.

‘Smear Merchants’ marks a transformative moment for Fuzz Evil. Expanding from a 3-piece to a 4-piece lineup, the band’s sound is bigger, heavier, and more dynamic than ever before. Written, recorded, and produced entirely DIY, this album gave Fuzz Evil the freedom to push boundaries and experiment—and it shows.

01/11/2025

“…mountainous tonality and a drumless, often-howling expanse.”
Huge thank you to JJ at The Obelisk for announcing Droni Eye Omi.

Heavy drone duo Droni Eye Omi will make their debut on March 7 with the two-song full-length, Liminal Mass. Carving a place for itself with mountainous tonality and a drumless, often-howling expanse, it’s being released through Desert Records, whose Brad Frye (also Red Mesa) comprises half the lin...

01/10/2025

Droni Eye Omi Premiere “Chromosphere”; Debut Album Liminal Mass Out March 7

“…it drones hard.”
“…mountainous tonality and a drumless, often-howling expanse.”
“…hypnotic and meditative, but not actually still.”
“Drone is weird. So is life.”
-JJ Koczan / The Obelisk

Two guitars, one from Brad Frye (Red Mesa and Desert Records founder) and a second one from Ronaldo Baca (renowned New Mexican gypsy jazz band Swing Magique and flamenco guitarist) bring you a dense electric guitar drone mixed with psych and space minimalism, and meditative heaviness.  

However, desert/stoner rock or gypsy jazz/flamenco this is not! 
This is true drone and minimalism inspired by Lamonte Young’s “Composition 1960 No. 7” and Earth’s “Earth 2”. 
The band takes these primary influences and sends them straight to the cosmos.

You are on a migration to thyself!

12/29/2024

SUNDAY SPINS
Book of Wyrms “Occult New Age”
Cloudy Burst vinyl variant.

12/27/2024

GUITAR/BASS Pedal Folks….

The last remaining signature RED Zlatorog pedal is up for sale on Fowl Sounds website!!!

https://www.fowlsoundsfx.com/product-page/zlatorog

This is Gentry Densley of Eagle Twin’s pedal that captures his unique sound. It is a mainstay on his pedal board and can be heard on their latest release LEGENDS OF THE DESERT: Vol. 4 split with The Otolith.

https://desertrecords.bandcamp.com/album/legends-of-the-desert-volume-4-featuring-eagle-twin-the-otolith

Your support for this project is greatly appreciated…THANK YOU!

12/15/2024

Sunday Spins…

‘Western Death’ NEBULA DRAG
Bluegaloo vinyl variant (100 pressed).

12/13/2024

I’ll be popping up with DESERT RECORDS tomorrow (Saturday December 14th) for the holiday market at High and Dry Brewing.
Noon-5pm
Bringing hoodies, vinyl records, and offering a bundle of music for a raffle.

12/10/2024

I want to give a big shout out to Andy Patterson 🙌

Andy single handedly recorded, mixed, and mastered both sides of LEGENDS OF THE DESERT: Vol. 4 featuring Eagle Twin and The Otolith.

On top of that, he performed all the drums on The Otolith’s side!

If you need a killer recording engineer, hit him up.

Thank you Andy 🤘🤘

-Brad/Desert Records

12/10/2024

From DESERTFEST OSLO 🚨

“Hey ho! 🌵

We’ve decided to unveil our complete lineup for you this december, made up by four announcements every advent Sunday leading up to Riffmas 🎅

Desertfest Oslo 2025 is gonna be total mayhem.

We almost can’t believe we managed to put Eagle Twin on next years bill!
The heaviest and most influential two piece there is. Eagle Twin will leave you speechless and numb. Jaw-drop guaranteed.

May can’t come soon enough.

Make sure to get your tickets - you don’t wanna miss Desertfest Oslo 2025!”

https://www.desertfest.no

12/05/2024

2024 Releases on Desert Records
Not our highest quantity of albums released, but certainly of the highest QUALITY.

•Legends of the Desert: Vol. 4 featuring Eagle Twin & The Otolith
•Ruben Romano ‘20 Graves Per Mile’
•Red Mesa ‘Partial Distortions’
•Fuzz Evil ‘New Blood’ (distro release from 2023)

If any of these albums made your Best of 2024, please consider adding them to end of year lists.

11/24/2024

Posted • Unearthing skulls ~ hails and horns y’all

11/18/2024

Legends 4 review courtesy of Veil of Sound

This split seems like a High School reunion done perfectly well. When some members of Utah‘s finest Post-Metal scene get their bands together to do a split it better be something like this fourth installment of the Legends of the Desert-series released by Desert Records. Eagle Twin and The Otolith...

11/15/2024

HAIL ZLATOROG, the Golden Horn Fuzz.
Gentry Densley Signature Pedal.

The Golden Horn Fuzz! Born from the rugged Wasatch Range, the Zlat Combines the heaviness, measured in metric tons, of unique fuzz and brassy cocked wah. Hail Zlatorog

11/14/2024

REVIEW from France:
"Brilliant, rare and discreet: three adjectives that perfectly qualify the duo whose only release in 6 years is recorded on this split EP, released from Eagle Twin a few weeks ago.
And as a bonus, 2 titles from The Otolith (from ex-Subrosa).
Too short, but very good... (that's what she said)."
Big thanks to Laurent from DESERT-ROCK!

Pour la quatrième fois en quatre ans, le discret mais très qualitatif label américain Desert Records, confortablement ensablé au coeur du Nouveau Mexique, sort un split album ambitieux et intéressant (lancé via crowdfunding, dispo désormais via son bandcamp - cf plus bas). Ce volume 4 est non...

11/13/2024

The Golden Horn Fuzz! “Gentry Densley Signature” pedal sale is live now!
https://www.fowlsoundsfx.com/product-page/zlatorog

There are only 5 of these extremely limited edition pedals available in Oxblood Red!
A total of 13 were made for the Legends of the Desert: Vol. 4 album featuring Eagle Twin & The Otolith.

This is a collaboration between Black Harbor Sound and Gentry Densley of Eagle Twin.
Circuit engineered by the Mad Scientist, Ned Clayton.
Built by Fowl Sounds.

Born from the rugged Wasatch Range, the Zlat Combines the heaviness, measured in metric tons, of unique fuzz and brassy cocked wah. Hail Zlatorog!

11/08/2024

Joshua Mathus is the artist for the entire LEGENDS OF THE DESERT series. We couldn’t be more stoked to have his creative talent for all the front & back album covers, graphics, and layout. He lives in Arizona and knows the desert 🏜️
Joshua rules, please follow him and DM him to commission your next album cover.


Joshua says “Just in! Got my comps in the mail for the Legends of the Desert Vol 4 featuring and , and they look fantastic! Incredibly proud to be part of this series, and very thankful to for everything 🤘😎”

11/01/2024

Own one of the original 12x12 LEGENDS OF THE DESERT Vol. 4 prints that were left over from the Kickstarter campaign.
Screen printed by by hand in Albuquerque, NM.
Vintage look on high quality paper.
1 of 40 hand-numbered prints.
Available on Bandcamp.

Original artwork by Joshua Mathus.

11/01/2024

Desert Records Distro release:
2023 Fuzz Evil “New Blood”

An enthralling blend of stoner/desert fuzziness and garage rock bluster, think QOTSA meets The Stooges.
Full review here ... stonerking1.blogspot.com/2023/09/fuzz-evil-new-blood-review.html
-FDJ (Desert Psychlist)

Digital Download and CD’s are available on Bandcamp (link in comments).