"Listen to the new album from the rock group, Derby and you'd swear they hail from Britain. The Portland, Ore.-based band draws heavily on BritPop and classic sounds of past British invasions on their latest CD — their second — Posters Fade. The influence of bands like The Beatles is impossible to miss, but the group leans more towards homage than imitation. The album stands as a catalog of Brit Rock stylings from the last forty years, all filtered through an American band looking back in awe.

The melody on the opening track "Why Don't You Do It" has the same eastern-inspired tonality as much of the fab four's later material, and the track's whirl of reverb-heavy guitars and ambient noises delve into late '60s psychedelia. Immediately following that foray into feedback is "All Or Nothing," a tightly written, '80s dance-pop song complete with hand-clapping and infectious, sugary sweet "ooh-wha-oh" phrase endings.

From the slammed chords and squealing lead guitar that open the title track, "Posters Fade," it's not hard to imagine the song as a '70s rock anthem. Instead, the track evolves into an upbeat, neatly packaged pop song, with a very catchy melody. Following that, "Stumps" offers beautiful, three-part vocal harmonies set over simple strings and a softly picked acoustic guitar, ala early '60s folk.

The record's pacing is its greatest strength. Oscillating between upbeat rockers and slower, more intimate folk tracks, the album successfully navigates the immense musical terrain the band traverses. Derby has drawn a stylistic thread through decades of music, and the result is an album that is familiar yet unique, and popular while remaining artful."

*Click here to see the Posters Fade promotional video by Kyle Oddson*

It's here. Our biggest show ever! This Friday night, we will celebrate the release of our new album "Posters Fade" by putting on the show of all shows. To make it extra special, we will have over 20 incredible guest musicians performing our songs with us throughout the night. Not only that, but our two favorite bands Crosstide and Climber will perform their mind-blowing acts as well. The show will start at 8pm at the most beautiful venue in Portland, the Wonder Ballroom. (128 NE Russell St, Portland, OR 97212) www.wonderballroom.com Thanks to the Wonder, 94.7fm, KINK.fm, and so many more for helping to make this night something magnificent.
Years in the making, we will finally be able to share our new album "Posters Fade" with everyone. We are so proud and excited to have this new album, and we hope you can come celebrate with us. If the show itself isn't enough incentive to come, we will have the new album for sale for the first time ever at the show! Posters Fade will be released nationally on June 17th (June 10th in Portland), but for you it will be available for purchase exclusively at the show for only $10, and that purchase actually goes directly back to the band. Amazing!
So forward this email to your friends, co-workers, neighbors and anyone who will appreciate a fantastic show, and a truly special night for local music. It will be a party!
Buy Tickets in advance at the Wonder Ballroom box office, open Noon-6pm. Or buy from Ticketmaster.com
See you at the show! Love,
derby

Posters Fade CD Release Extravaganza! Friday, June 6th at the Wonder Ballroom in Portland, OR. Not only will Derby be performing, Crosstide and Climber will be there to blow your minds. The goal is to make this the biggest local show of the year, not just for some, but for everyone. This is a party to celebrate the vitality of Portland music. On stage, Derby will be joined by different musicians from all over the incredible Portland music scene, showing their skills and rocking the night away on every song. So let's pack out the Wonder Ballroom and make this something truly special!
The plan is to sell out the show, so we highly suggest you buy your tickets in advance. Just click here: Ticketmaster- Derby CD Release

We can't wait to celebrate with everyone!
love,
derby

Derby's long-anticipated sophomore release Posters Fade will be released nationally on June 17th! The album was produced, recorded and mixed in Portland, OR at the band's own Secret Ships Studio.
In an age when the art of the album has been lost, Derby have created not just a cohesive collection of music, but an album that plays like a song. Posters Fade was created as a seamless entity with one song rolling into another, chaos converting into a single voice, and notes that trail off into an entirely new song. It was written as a whole, with an intro and outro, highs and lows, anticipation, and dynamics so intense it is guaranteed to please. With meticulous precision and complete disregard for convention, Derby created something undeniably captivating. Stacked full of beautiful harmonies, crunchy guitars, pounding drums and hand-claps galore, Posters Fade will become an instant classic.

Stay tuned for info about the CD Release Extravaganza that will be happening in Portland, OR in June…

In the midst of the current election season, KINK.fm has created a wonderful opportunity for you to Vote for your favorite local bands (Derby) to be included on the KINK.FM Plug In Portland - Local CD Sampler. So, if you really do like Derby as much as we hope you do, simply follow this link and vote for Derby! This will be a wonderful compilation for the band to be on.

Thank you thank you!
Love,
derby

Sometimes bands explode overnight. Sometimes they are the sleeper hit of the season. Somehow, Derby has succeeded at both. With one successful album out and another on the way, there are enough hooks and good looks in this band to set up a new alternative fuel source for the entire city. When I watch Derby live, I often feel like I am watching what would happen if Paul Banks of Interpol formed a band backed by Ben Gibbard & Co.: rock 'n' roll sex appeal built on the most solid of songs and melodies. Plus, date night has never been easier. Trust me. This show is cheaper than a movie and three times more likely to get you to second base.
-Andy Young, Portland Mercury 1/31/08

Click here to listen to the perormance!

"The band plays percussion-heavy, Beach Boys-influenced pop that would feel at home between Spoon and the Rentals in your heavy rotation stack."

**Last minute reminder**
This Saturday, Nov. 24th Derby will be performing their final show of 2007 at the Doug Fir! The show begins at 9pm with the Hugs, followed by Oh Darling, and then, of course, Derby. This show will be so dreamy from start to finish that you'll have a crush on everyone around you. That's a good thing. Wink! Oh Darling and the Hugs will undoubtedly be fantastic. Not to be outdone, Derby has special guest Rian Lewis from Crosstide sitting in on lap steel, which has to be seen/heard. Brilliant!
Get your tickets in advance at TicketsWest.com. Take a break from taking a break this weekend and make your Saturday night special. All of your friends are doing it!

**The group also performed some songs acoustically on 101.9 KINKfm in Portland, and the performance will air this Wednesday evening on KINK at 9:20pm. Check it out.**

Happy holiday season! We'll see you at the show.
Love with mashed potatoes on top,
derby

Happy autumn everyone! We are incredibly excited to bring you our big end-of-the-year holiday weekend show. Derby is performing on Saturday, November 24th @ the Doug Fir. Joining us will be our great friends and incredible band, Oh Darling, as well as the new young Portland phenoms, the Hugs. Yes, that is the Saturday after Thanksgiving, so if you're in town grab the entire mashed potato tofurkey stuffed crew and come out the show. You know that your great uncle Milton has been jonesin' to see some Derby, and what else do you have to do that weekend? Grab old Milt, aunt Flo and you're old high school buddies, come to the Doug Fir, and we promise to help you burn a holiday ton of calories with the rocking and rolling that is inevitable with such a dynamic lineup.
As has become the trend, our Doug Fir shows sell out. So, either show up that night in time to get in, buy a ticket in advance at the box office, or go through this link to TicketsWest.com.
The show starts at 9pm with the Hugs, Oh Darling, and then us. It really will be a fantastic evening from beginning to end. We are lucky enough to have Rian Lewis from Crosstide sitting in with us to play lap steel. You have to hear it, for realzeez! This is our only show booked for the remainder of the year, so we will make it extra special.

In other news, Derby will be performing a couple songs acoustically on Portland's 101.9 KINK fm. That will be taking place the day before the show, on Nov. 23rd. Check our website and myspace for more info as the date approaches.
We also still have a limited number of our 5 song E.P.'s available for sale only at the show. Grab 'em while they're still hot. Last I checked they're piping. As for our upcoming full-length album "Posters Fade," we're trying to figure out who wants to put this beast out, when and where... more on that soon. We are too excited and proud to even get into that at the moment, but worry not. It will be released, and it will be monumental.

See you at the show!
Love,
derby

Hello everyone! We have a new video for "If Ever There's A Reason." It was made by our brilliant friends at Revolver Digital Media Studio. Thank you guys for everything! Also, thanks to those of you who volunteered to stuff yourself in that hot little room with a bunch of sweaty guys, a fog machine, lights, camera and a whole lot o' action. I'm happy to say we only ate it hard a few times during the shooting of this video, but every tailbone bruise was worth it's weight in video gold. To see the video, click on the videos link above.

In other big news, this past Friday night, October 12th at 10:00pm, two of our new songs ("If Ever There's a Reason" and "All or Nothing") were used in the ABC TV show Men in Trees! So if your Friday plans were as exciting as ours, you might've changed the channel over to ABC at 10pm and watched Anne Heche run around Alaska to some stomp-clappin' Derby. We've also recently been on ABC's What About Brian, and Notes From the Underbelly. Coming soon we'll be featured in the new ABC show Eli Stone. I think we're dating ABC now... to early to tell if this relationship is really going anywhere, but for now it's fun just making out. Happy Rocktober!

Love,
Derby

Friday night we'll be at the Crocodile in Seattle, WA. We are opening the show for Imperial Teen, and Bella. We go on first at 9pm, so come early and grab a beer with us afterwards. The Crocodile has been our home away from home, but we haven't been there for quite a long time. So come down to the show and we'll toast to homecomings. You can buy tickets at any SonicBoom location, or at the Croc's box office.
Saturday we are playing the Fall Fir Fest at the Doug Fir. The Fir Fest is a $FREE$ event featuring 3 bands: Derby, Boy Eats Drum Machine, and the Sort Of's, plus arts and crafts curated by Crafty Wonderland, and a Fall fashion runway show by Sameunderneath & Johnny Sole, and cocktails by Dewars. The Fir Fest takes place on the covered OUTDOOR Jupiter/Doug Fir patio. Super Sweet. It all starts around 5pm, but we should be going on a little later by 8pm. It will be a great event, and as we mentioned, it's FREE, so come and enjoy the festivities and rock out with us. The last whoknowshowmany times we've played the Doug Fir it's been sold out, so take this opportunity to see Derby at the Doug Fir in a different light. We're looking forward to it!

***New Derby Music: We've finished our second full-length album and are pinning down the exact release date. The good news is that we've also recorded a very exclusive limited edition E.P. featuring 5 new tracks that is available only at our show. We still have some left, but they're going fast. So if you need an excuse to come out to a show, use this one. We are very proud and excited of all the new music we've created, and we look forward to sharing it with you on stage and on the discs.***

Take care.
Heart,
derby

It's time again for MusicFest NW. Derby will be a part of the festivities, "headlining" Saturday night at Jimmy Mak's, 1am!
It's a late show, and the perfect night cap for any festival-goers' Saturday. So when you're done doing whatever it is you like to do on a Saturday eve,' stroll on over to the Pearl, stumble into Jimmy Mak's, and then let Derby rock you sideways. Better yet, come early and enjoy all of the great music. You can buy individual tickets for specific shows at each venue, or the MusicFest wristband will get you in as well. Go to musicfestnw.com for more info.

Who: Derby & you
What: MusicFest NW
When: Saturday night, Sept. 8th. 1:00am
Where: Jimmy Mak's 221 NW 10th Ave. Portland, OR (between Davis and Everett)
Why: Why? Because we love you!
How: $7 at the door, or free with MusicFestNW wristband.

It'll be a party, the latest rock party in Portland. See you at the show!
-derby

"INDIE POP Derby is the epitome of hipster indie rock, packing songs with a lot of whoa-ohs, clap-along beats and spot-on harmonies. The trio even wears ties. These elements usually make me want to puke, but Derby hits the nail on the head, shelling out tingly feel-good music that's nearly impossible not to nod along to. The songs are poppy and undeniably catchy, and the band spreads good vibes like a happy epidemic. Damn you, Derby. I want to hate you, but I can't turn you off. AP KRYZA. Doug Fir. 9 pm. $8. 21+." Willamette Week 8/1/07 ************************************

This Saturday night Aug. 4th, Portland, OR @ the Doug Fir, Derby will be performing as a full band in our hometown for the first time this year! We also just finished a new full-length album and a 5 song E.P. We'll be releasing the limited run 5 song E.P. of all new music exclusively at this show. So come to the show and pick up a copy for only $5. Joining us Saturday are two fantastic Portland groups; Charmparticles and Lael Alderman (with a full band!). With music like that we're just excited to be a part of the show. We will debut many many new songs, and we can't wait to rock you. So come early, stay late, drink the whole night and catch the entire show. It will be phenomenal. To purchase tickets in advance online go to TicketsWest.com Or stop by the Doug Fir ticket office, and/or select local record shops.

We hope to see you all at the show. This "homecoming" show and E.P. release is a very special evening for us, and we want to make it a big deal and share in the festivities with you.

Love, Derby

We are currently in the studio, putting the final touches on our second full-length album!!!!! The release date is still TBD, but we're working on that. Not only does all of this hard work mean that we'll have a NEW album for everyone, it means that we will get back on stage and make noise, jump around, and most importantly sing darkly-weighted metaphorical lyrics like "ooohhh la la laaaa" and "ow ow sheebop bop."

In the meantime, browse the happy NEW site, watch the NEW videos with superior resolution (that shot is at you myspace & youtube, oww!), listen to our music in its' entirety with magic-crystal-clearness, gaze googallyeyed at the NEW photos, and most importantly, have a splendiferous time.

Stay tuned for constant updates, and maybe even a SNEAK PEAK at our NEW upcoming album!

love,
derby (+nat+dave+isaac+)

As you may have already noticed, we have new music! You can listen to it here on our music player. The new album "Posters Fade" is virtually done, and we can't wait to put it out for everyone to enjoy.
We've also started booking shows, so keep you eyes & ears open for Derby coming to your town.
Love,
derby