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Indian Summer. One of the first of the second wave of emo bands after the fall of Rites of Spring and before the white belt and Spock hair took over in the late 90s. As is often the case, Numero giave me the freedom to do whatever I wanted for this project and, well, it’s both fun and a challenge. The big concern: how to make it look like a million bucks without breaking the bank? A secondary concern: There’s not a quality collection of archival material to use. So what to do? Well, the first thing is to strip the color out of everything and make it black and white. Secondly? Well, let’s punk the hell outta the photos. A lot of it was cropping and ramping up levels and sharpening the photos to death. (Just a secret between us, okay?) The layout was a direct nod to the Punk Planet axis of designers and (largely) non-designers. The type was all hand traced and a direct cribbing of the band’s own type on their records. Everything was printed out in 18 point Courier and traced with a black sharpie. The jacket is chipboard with black ink and a blind emboss. The book itself? To keep costs down, the whole thing was done with just black ink while the “archival” material was printed in four-color process. The cover was a recycled chipboard to stay “of the era.” See? All really simple tricks. As we were wrapping up, I instructed Ken at Numero to type out some nonsense for the labels, and yes, that phone number will contact you with the label. A bunch of “X”s make it feel……emo? I dunno, I was knee deep in Athens at the time. As always, a big thanks to Numero Group for allowing me to funnel my ideas into their considerable body of work. And it’s at this point you’re probably thinking “Gee, does Henry only design records?” The answer is “Heck, no!” You need a book done? A logo? A billboard? I’m your guy. Inquire within.