Printed on Independent

A serious piece for our serious friends. Everybody seems to always love the hoodies and ‘tis the season to get hoodied. These will probably sell out in five minutes as per usual, but I wanted to write this sentimental long-winded merch blog post anyway…

We went all out and printed on some truly nice hoodies that I was exposed to while selling Grayscale’s merch on Warped Tour this summer. Those guys are the masters of the art of merchandise and presentation and were the biggest inspiration behind all of our new merch. When I got clean the people who were helping me to stay clean told me “If you want what we have, do what we do”. I love Grayscale’s approach to music and presentation so I started “doing what they do” on their merch game and put more energy into diversifying our designs, colors, and garments. They opened my eyes to all the room we had to grow in this area and I’m forever grateful. Right before I finalized the proofs for this hoodie, Nick Veno said it would be awesome if we embroidered the front, so without hesitation I changed the order and because of it this is by far the coolest hoodie we’ve ever made.

Not only did we want to up our merch game, but we also wanted to present the new items fashionably to our online following. I thank the Grayscale guys every chance I get for everything they’ve done for us, including lending us their amazingly talented photographer/designer Jordan Mizrahi for the day to take pictures of all these Beautiful Things. If you’re reading this and have somehow never listened to Grayscale, abandon online shopping cart and go now.

All Photography by Jordan Mizrahi (@madebymiz)