The label has released a number of albums by musicians such as Adam Forkner, Dirty Projectors, Little Wings, Lucky Dragons, Tune-Yards, Yacht, and Karl Blau.

[3] Orange (born 1986) had developed a reputation as a songwriter and charismatic performer in the Northwest by his teens, and dropped out of school at age 15 to pursue music full-time.

[5] Within the next few years more bands joined the roster, including Portland musician Jona Bechtolt (of Yacht), Viking Moses, World, and Brad Adkins.

[6] According to bandmember Dave Longstreth, Marriage Records was an important influence on their early sound, saying "I love a lot of the music that my friends have made up in Portland.

I feel like it has totally affected who I am and what kind of things I ended up making—people like Adrian Orange, Adam Forkner, and Curtis..."[7] In 2007, the Seattle Stranger interviewed Steven Malkmus of Pavement who stated "There's just crazy stuff [going on in Portland]...

"[8] The label and the associated bands were featured in episode five of the series Don't Move Here, titled "Marriage Records and Rob Walmart" (2010).

[3] Knapp and Flint Jamison also co-founded the Portland arts space Yale Union (YU), where a number of the label's bands have recorded music.

Veneer has included contributions from contemporary artists, writers, inventors, technicians, and musicians such as Adrian Piper, George Kuchar, GoodiePal, Elaine Sturtevant, Kevin Kelly and Ray Kurzweil.