P.S. ELIOT "SADIE" ARTWORK

Today P.S. Eliot's sophomore LP, Sadie, will be released!  It's a great record, and I graciously accepted the task of creating the artwork for this one.  This is only the second LP I've designed (besides my old band Cheeky's What the Heck).  It was A LOT of work, but I feel like my design skills graduated through working on Sadie. After listening to the album and gathering some vibes about rust and bittersweetness from the Crutchfield sisters, I had an idea about what this thing should look like.  During a week-long trip to Athens, GA to celebrate the New Year, I snapped a bunch of photos and started working the concept out after that. All of the text is hand-written. Enjoy!







Sadie is available from Salinas Records on vinyl and from If You Make It as a digital download. Jason Roy and I also collaborated on a poster that will be available at tonight's LP release show!

VERY OKAY ON REFILTERED

Check out a new website, Refiltered, by our friend Dave Garwacke of If You Make It fame.

After years of updating If You Make It, I’ve come to realize how hard it is to promote digital releases. They are so easy to get up and distribute, but after that you need to hop on message boards, submit news and post on dozens of social media sites. You are constantly behind the ball, and posting about releases after they are already available.

Over the last couple of years a couple of awesome donation-based digital record labels have popped up, especially in the area of punk. I wanted to band these labels together somehow, and make it easier for people to keep track of our upcoming and past releases. With the advent of Bandcamp, online labels have become more akin to music curators ( I hate that word ). We distribute the music we love and Refiltered is meant to foster that.

Very Okay's "Small Loud" is featured as a Recent Album on Refiltered, where you can stream the EP on the Refiltered player (the only place where the record is streaming)! Check it out here.

MUSIC MONDAYS at IF YOU MAKE IT

I contributed to Dave's new section, "Music Mondays," at If You Make It. Katie Crutchfield (P.S. Eliot) is up next week, and we are in good company with a calendar of contributors that includes many of our great friends and colleagues.

I also made that sweet little stereo icon!

FREAKY FRIDAY

Dave of If You Make It made a flyer for the Kickstand show. It has all the set times for your convenience!

GROW FINS, TURKEY AT IF YOU MAKE IT

Dave just posted a new Cheeky video at If You Make It of us playing Grow Fins, Turkey at last year's Fest. We're gonna be playing this year's Fest and a couple shows in New York/New Jersey too. Note the Kerplunk girl stagediving (that's Fid from The Measure [SA])!

Cheeky - Grow Fins, Turkey from If You Make It on Vimeo.

EACH OTHER'S MOMS

It has been awhile since I did the cover for the Each Other's Mothers demo, but it is now up on If You Make It, so therefore, my art is too. Check 'em out!

Behind the Music: CHEEKY

Seriously, this is hilarious.

http://www.ifyoumakeit.com/video/cheeky/in-the-studio/


Cheeky - In the Studio. from If You Make It on Vimeo.

Dave and Katie did an awesome job with our ridiculous band. Brian Schleyer is (still) my hero.

BAD MOOD

My buddy Dave over at If You Make It just posted a Cheeky video taken at Serpent Fest at the Charleston in August. That was our third show. IF YOU MAKE IT is lookin' good and features videos of a lot of great bands, plus Garwacke rules. So check that out.

Here's the video: http://www.ifyoumakeit.com/video/cheeky/bad-mood/

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