With a sound reminiscent of ‘90s alternative, punk, surf, and power-pop, Northern CA's Decent Criminal offers
catchy, upbeat songs that mercilessly collide with abrasive and often melancholy undertones, to bring forth a style
that is both playfully compatible, and inadvertently raw.

'We cross over various genres and have found ourselves fitting in, across multiple different music scapes. This wider scope has given us opportunities to play festivals such as Vans Warped Tour, Sjock Festival (EU), This is My Fest(EU) Punk Rock Bowling, The Fest, and Pouzza Fest and tour with the likes of The Flatliners, Toyguitar, Teenage Bottlerocket, The Dwarves, Badcop Badcop, Bracket, The Queers, 88 Fingers Louie and Masked Intruder.

March 2021 welcomed the release of a new EP via Sell The Heart/ Gunner Records and DC continued to make music despite being scattered across
California. Prior to the most recent EP, Decent Criminal has released a 7” split w/ Screaming Mimi’s in 2015, a self-titled debut LP in
2016, "Bloom” full-length LP via Dodgeball Records in 2017, and the 2019 release “Bliss” LP (via Bearded Punk/Wiretap Records).

Over the past few years, Decent Criminal has picked up some serious momentum, thanks to a combination of prolific songwriting, and a relentless drive to tour and play live. We will be in the studio this summer 2021 working with Grammy award-winning producer - Dave Schiffman (Weezer, Mars