Merch Update & Spring/Summer 2024 Merch Run!

First off - thank you for being patient on the custom commissioned shirts. I’ve been contacting artists over the last couple months, but I haven’t found someone I felt confident could execute the design. I reached out to Brent Minehan in January (he did the album art for Isolated Frequencies, East of Switzerland, and Blocking the Sky Redux) and asked for some advice about the process. He mentioned that this type of design is much more of a graphic design project than a traditional t-shirt design, which explains the disconnect I was having with artists.

Long story short: Brent has offered his services and will be doing the shirt design! We’re most likely going with the logo embedded into the fire and ice/smoke concept and I’m pretty excited to see how it will turn out. I should have some updates for you in the next few of weeks and once we have the design the shirt order shouldn’t take too long.

Second - it’s time to get moving on the spring/summer 2024 merch item. I’ll be posting a poll next week to vote on, but this week I’m looking for feedback from you! What type of merch item would you like to see for the next merch run?

Here are some ideas from previous runs:

Apparel

• Hats (Baseball or Beanie)Knitted socks
• Knitted scarf
• Some other type of apparel (no hoodie or t shirt)

Music / Physical Media

• Vinyls (7” like last year)
• Posters of previous releases (East of Switzerland / Blocking the Sky Redux, etc)
• Custom Cassette Tapes
• A CD of one of the newer albums

Other

• Misc Grab Bag (stickers, clings, pins, etc)
• Pack of enamel pins (logo, NEO face, etc)
• Patches (embroidered)
• Laser cut wooden coasters (Logo design, etc)

Let me know in the comments what you think and feel free to suggest any items you think would be cool for this year!

Thanks as always, happy Friday, and I’ll see you later today on stream!

- Andrew