What does The Davy Agency do?

We are a full-service music marketing studio. We do PR, paid social, music videos, photography, web, screen-printed merch, and sync licensing in-house. Most of our team is made up of working musicians.

Where is The Davy Agency located?

Portland, Oregon. 232 SE Oak St Unit 307, Portland, OR 97214. We work remotely with bands across the US, Canada, UK, and EU.

How much does music marketing cost?

Release campaigns are tiered: Tier 1 ($5K), Tier 2 ($15K), Tier 3 ($40K). Merch and web projects start at $5K. We publish an instant quote calculator at davy.agency/services.

Who has The Davy Agency worked with?

We have run media and marketing campaigns for A Place to Bury Strangers, Bootblacks, Pixel Grip, Kevin Moan, Cold Waves, and fcukers, among others.

Does Davy do screen printing in-house?

Yes. We do real screen printing, never DTF. Tees, hoodies, tour merch, and retail bundles. Multi-color, water-based, in-house in Portland.

Portland's Own Industrial Juggernaut: The Unstoppable Artist Growth System of King Yosef

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Mar 30

Written By Davy Pelletier

Artist Profile: King Yosef

Real Name: Tayves Yosef Pelletier
Origin: Portland, OR
Genre: Industrial Metal / Hardcore / Trap-Metal Hybrid
The Vibe: Punishing, serrated, and "mechanical noise" meets high-velocity energy.
Label/Collective:Bleakhouse (Independent)

The "Spire of Fear" 2026 Intel

Latest Release:Spire of Fear (LP)
Recorded At:GodCity Studio (with Kurt Ballou & Zach Weeks)
Hardware:Sequential Prophet 6 & Akai MPC X
Essential Tracks: * "Molting Fear" (Industrial-grade aggression)
- "Glimmer" (feat. Holy Fawn)
- "Vi Coactus"

Architect’s Lesson: The Yosef System

The "Anti-Fragmentation" Model: By founding Bleakhouse, Yosef keeps visuals, production, and strategy entirely under one roof, ensuring the "Aura" stays 100% pure.
Cross-Pollination Masterclass: He achieved market penetration across disparate scenes—producing for SoundCloud rap legends like Ski Mask The Slump God before pivoting to industrial collaborations with Youth Code.
The Frictionless Yes: By merging metal, trap, and industrial, he created a brand that allows him to play to rivet-heads and hardcore kids simultaneously.

king yosef on set of the molting fear music video
Director: George Douglas Peterson
Director of Photography: Billy Fortier

Here at The Davy Agency, we don't just write about music; we analyze the systems that make artists successful. We are constantly searching for creatives who reject the traditional label machine to build something entirely their own. The mastermind behind the industrial metal juggernaut King Yosef, aka: Tayves Yosef Pelletier [no relation], is the absolute embodiment of an Uncompromising Vision.

Crucially, he operates right out of our own backyard in Portland, Oregon. On a personal note, I actually had the pleasure of hosting him right here at the Davy Agency for an after-party event when Snakes of Russia played at Coffin Club late last year. Despite the terrifyingly aggressive music he makes, they are truly beautiful people who offered amazing conversations. It was a testament to the fact that building a strong local scene relies heavily on genuine, grounded human connection.

Anti-Fragmentation: Building Bleakhouse in the PNW

Starting as a teenage project and evolving into an unrelenting live force, King Yosef has successfully bridged the gap between modern internet-born hip-hop and the blood-spitting ferocity of heavy hardcore. Rather than relying on patched together vendor stacks or chasing major label advances, King Yosef engineered his own ecosystem by founding Bleakhouse, a record label and artistic community dedicated to artists who want to create without the restrictions of corporate higher-ups.

This is the definition of Anti-Fragmentation. By keeping his strategy and production tightly controlled, Yosef focuses on people, community, and art over profit margins. A crucial part of executing this uncompromising visual aura is his collaboration with Portland's own Harper King, a killer music photographer whose brilliant work perfectly captures the gritty, industrial weight of King Yosef's world. It's a philosophy of total artistic sovereignty that mirrors the independent hardware empires we constantly champion on this blog.

Industrial-Grade Infrastructure and Spire of Fear

Sonically, King Yosef is a punishing hybrid of metal, industrial, noise, and electronica. Taking massive inspiration from Justin Broadrick and Godflesh, his production relies on an Industrial-Grade Infrastructure. In the studio, he utilizes a Sequential Prophet 6 synthesizer and an Akai MPC X, deliberately working backwards to avoid traditional instruments for as long as possible.

Following his acclaimed 2023 record An Underlying Hum, he is pushing the envelope even further with his newest album, Spire of Fear. To capture a new level of cohesion, Yosef stepped into the legendary GodCity Studio to record and mix the album with Kurt Ballou and Zach Weeks. The lead single, "Molting Fear," erupts with serrated riffs and glitching electronics, proving he can deliver ultimate club-ready precision alongside unhinged, metallic energy.

Relentless Touring: Earning the Frictionless Yes on the Road

What truly separates the Portland native from the pack is his brilliant use of Cross-Pollination and his absolutely grueling touring schedule. He didn't just stay in one lane; he achieved massive Market Penetration across multiple disparate scenes by putting in the hours on the road alongside some of the heaviest acts in the industrial and electronic spaces.

Over the past year, he embarked on a wildly chaotic tour alongside Wax Trax!-worshipping synth-punk duo Youth Code, Austin's chaotic noise-industrial act Street Sects, and the dark electronic up-and-comer Insula Iscariot. This run proved his ability to completely command a room—with one reviewer at Austin's 29th Street Ballroom noting his live show sounded like "Godflesh and Nailbomb" and drew crowds of rivet-heads, metalheads, and TikTok hardcore kids alike.

But he hasn't stopped there. His rigorous schedule also features a massive run across the Midwest and East Coast supporting mechanical doom-metal mastermind Author & Punisher. He is also expanding his global footprint, plotting a European tour, and touching down in Australia this September for a massive string of shows alongside noise-rockers HEALTH and dark-synthwave titan Perturbator in cities like Brisbane, Sydney, and Hobart.

By merging the mechanical noise of industrial with trap, hardcore, and doom metal, he has created a live brand so undeniably cohesive that he earned a Frictionless Yes from fans across the globe. When King Yosef finally brings the Spire of Fear tour back through the I-5 corridor, The Davy Agency will definitely be in the pit, documenting the beautiful destruction.

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