Landland

decembers architects
,apiary ennui and curiosas. The brew shakes full length CD
Limited to 850 copies • Hand-made screenprinted packaging, etc.
Illustration/Design: Dan Black & Jessica Seamans

Before they became superstars of the illegal Russian download scene, the boys of decembers architects managed to talk the Say & Stay Said record label people (me) into putting out this full-length cd recorded shortly before the band broke up in 2000. I felt like the packaging should be as labored and complicated and esoteric as the music, so it’s full of little inserts and coded information and meticulous drawings, not to mention a super sexy Nate Holtz centerfold.

The packaging for this thing (as well as the poster for its release show) was featured in Print Magazine’s 2007 Regional Design Annual.

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