I’m really happy to announce that Pianos Become the Teeth have officially signed to MA’s Top Shelf Records. It’s an awesome opportunity for the guys and everyone is really excited for them to be getting the recognition. Top Shelf will be releasing Old Pride in January 2010 which is also pretty exciting for myself since I had the opportunity to work with Pianos for their album artwork again (along with Mr. August Schwartz). Above is the cover after August’s editing and layout work, and below are some of the featured photographs in their original states.
It’s always an amazing experience to work with a band on creating an image that really fits them or their music but this album ended up resonating really strongly with me on a personal level. All of the images were from a trip in which I traveled alone in Eastern Europe last summer working on a photography series titled Regain/Regrowth. We were originally going to shoot all new images specifically for the album, but after reviewing a few of these, we figured out pretty quickly that they were exactly the direction we wanted to go. The trip was intensely personal for me- and being able to share it with other people, or find new ways of interpretting the work is so rewarding.
wow, my grandpa is on cd cover!