Still Dreamin' Wild: the Lost Recordings 1979-81

by Donnie & Joe Emerson

supported by

Ulf Renulfsvetski They are still at it! and I love it! The choice to put reverb on the clave was a good one and that keyboard sound is perfect. Good job boys! Favorite track: Everybody Knows It.

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$9.99 USD or more

1.	Overture 00:32	buy track
2.	Don't Fight 02:55	buy track
3.	Ride the Tide 03:42	buy track
4.	One True Love 03:42	buy track
5.	Somethin's Comin' Down 04:02	buy track
6.	Everybody Knows It 04:35	buy track
7.	Big Money 02:12	buy track
8.	Ooh Baby Yeah 03:40	buy track
9.	Stand By Love 02:49	buy track
10.	Girl With the Rainbow Seeds 02:11	buy track
11.	Since You Been With Me 02:48	buy track
12.	Don't Disguise The Way You Feel 07:27	buy track

about

"Still Dreamin’ Wild: The Lost Recordings 1979-81 presents that secondary stage of reissue culture, culling demos in the years after the younger Emerson graduated high school and began traveling to Los Angeles in the hopes of realizing his teenage dreams. Older brother Joe was already turning his attentions to the family farm, his presence only heard on two of the album’s twelve tracks. Donnie’s polymath musical skills are on full display, from drums to poly-Moog synth, and his ability to mimic the more popular hits on the radio of the day remains uncanny.

While Dreamin’ Wild seemed to float just out of its time, Still Dreamin’ for the most part embraces the tropes of early '80s pop radio. Had “Overture” lasted beyond a half-minute, it might have been a lost Panda Bear track, but it instead leads into the clean guitars and drums of “Don’t Fight.” The uptempo “Big Money”, featuring brother Joe’s walloping drums, is an album highlight, even if it only lasts two minutes." - Pitchfork

credits

released April 29, 2014

license

about

Donnie & Joe Emerson Fruitland, Washington

Pacific Northwest isolation mixed with wide-eyed ambition, a strong sense of family and the gift of music proved to be quite the combination for teenage brothers Donnie and Joe Emerson.

contact / help

Contact Donnie & Joe Emerson

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Donnie & Joe Emerson, you may also like:

The Oracle
by Angel Bat Dawid

supported by 4 fans who also own “Still Dreamin' Wild: the Lost Recordings 1979-81”

Angel, I heard your interview with Jason Woodbury on Aquarium Drunkard's "Transmissions" podcast today. It was truly remarkable and touched my heart. I bought this album immediately afterward and am so grateful to you for this nourishing music in these strange, trying days. I hope I can time my next trip to Chicago to be able to see you perform live. Thank you! Michael Feltes
go to album
Mordechai
by Khruangbin

supported by 4 fans who also own “Still Dreamin' Wild: the Lost Recordings 1979-81”

floating through time and space with the sound of infinity Xendrikz
go to album
Purple Mountains
by Purple Mountains

supported by 4 fans who also own “Still Dreamin' Wild: the Lost Recordings 1979-81”

Maybe the best thing David ever did, which makes me extremely sad. A Jews record in all but name, but more direct in its lyricism without losing that indescribable feeling, that beauty and sorrow and lighthearted sarcasm all rolled into one profound set of lyrics that are David Berman. Not to mention the band playing on the record is probably the best Berman ever recorded with. Rest in Peace DCB. jack_thorn16
go to album
This Could Be Texas
by English Teacher

The UK upstarts' debut veers from sunny, psychedelic folk to bristling post-punk with reckless abandon without ever missing a beat. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 18, 2024
go to album
Blinded By Oblivion
by Axis: Sova

Axis:Sova mess with the hard rock playbook, creating playful, catchy songs that challenge as much as they rip. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 10, 2023
go to album
Unmade Beds
by Deep Dyed

From Hamburg, Germany comes the gutsy indie rock of Deep Dyed, the perfect combo if confident guitars and soaring melodies. Bandcamp New & Notable May 28, 2023
go to album
Punisher
by Phoebe Bridgers

supported by 4 fans who also own “Still Dreamin' Wild: the Lost Recordings 1979-81”

savior complex makes my stomach feel full when i forgot to have breakfast polimoley
go to album