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The Art Of "Anthem": Renowned Visual Artists Interpret Less Than Jake's New Album
No question about it: music evokes images. And none more so than the fourteen tracks that comprise "Anthem," Less Than Jake's eagerly awaited new Sire/Warner Bros. Records debut album due May 20. Less Than Jake have done it their way for a better part of a decade. The band has put out 4 full-length albums, as well as various EPs, singles and compilation tracks (147 in all) through mostly independent channels. The first single from "Anthem," "She's Gonna Break Soon," features in its video Alexis Bledel. Alexis is best known for her role as Rory Gilmore on WB's hit show "Gilmore Girls." You guessed it! Alexis performs (in the video) as the girl who is "...gonna break soon." If you are wondering how Alexis wound up in the video, it's simple -- Alexis and the band are friends, so they kindly asked her to be in their video opus! Over the course of their career, Less Than Jake has established creative connections with a number of acclaimed visual artists across the country. In the interest of expanding the expressive horizons of "Anthem" as broadly as possible, the band commissioned a series of original art works to illustrate the album's fourteen tracks. The only catch: the artists were only supplied with the song's title and lyrics. No music, no explanation. Track 1 "Welcome To The New South" by Jeff Soto Jeff Soto counts as his formative influences the work of such artists as Mercer Mayer and Patrick Woodroffe, along with Van Gogh, Paul Cadmus, Lisa Yuskavage, Twist, Otto Dix, Georganne Deen, Alex Gross, Manuel Ocampo, Margaret Kilgallen and the Clayton Brothers. At age 15, he began to dabble in the art of graffiti, another major influence. His work has been shown in galleries across the U.S. and, most recently, in Europe. He graduated with Distinction from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Track 2 "The Ghost Of Me And You" by Steve Vance Steve Vance has written and drawn comic book adventures for "Superman" and "The Simpsons," won a Grammy for his package design on "Brain In A Box: The Science Fiction Collection" and authored "The Big Book of Vice." He designs books, t-shirts, greeting cards and toy packages; illustrates such clients as IBM, the NFL and the U.S. Postal Service; and moonlights as a film editor and animator. He and his wife, designer Cindy Vance, share a studio in Los Angeles. Track 3 "Look What Happened" by Wendy Ann Gardner From Toronto, Wendy Ann Gardner studied at the Ontario College of Art and Design and moved to New York City to work as an illustrator. She is the creator of Scary Stories Inc. the Naughty Naughty Pets line of characters, which have been licensed worldwide for children's clothing, stationery, t-shirts, etc. She has written children's books and is currently developing an animated TV series based on her characters. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, Working Mother, Elle Decor and elsewhere. Track 4 "The Science Of Selling Yourself Short" by Chip Wass Chip Wass has worked as a professional illustrator in New York for over a decade and his clients include Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon and Nick at Nite, Warner Bros. Records, Nike and Adobe. His illustrations have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, Fast Company and The New York Times. He designed the popular dingbat font Chippies by Wassco and has received awards from American Illustration, The Broadcast Designers' Association and the Society of Publication Designers. Track 5 "Short Fuse Burning" by Florencio Zavala Born in Eugene, Oregon, Florencio Zavala currently lives and works in Los Angeles. He attended the University of Florida and has since been featured in such galleries as One Time Gallery (LA), Vice (LA), Blue Cube & 1300 Gallery (OH), and solo exhibition at Red Five (SF). Upcoming shows include a co-curated show with Cody Hudson at Upper Playground (SF) and a two-part collaboration with Honest at Blk/Mrkt (LA, 2003) and Sixspace (LA, 2004). His work has appeared in Arkitip, Anthem, CMYK, Vapors, WARP and XLR8R. Track 6 "Motown Never Sounded So Good" by Kurt Halsey Frederiksen Kurt Halsey Frederiksen graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and has exhibited his paintings in Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Portland, San Francisco, San Jose and Toronto. Track 7 "The Upward War And The Downturned Cycle" by Shepard Fairey Shepard Fairey is currently based in Los Angeles, where he has been co-owner and co-Creative Director of the design firm Black Market since 1996. A graduate of The Rhode Island School of Design, his work has been featured on stickers, clothing, skateboards, posters, stencil-based graffiti and screen prints. Track 8 "Escape From The A-Bomb House" by David Choe David Choe was born and raised in Los Angeles and currently lives in San Francisco. His work has been featured in Giant Robot and Vice magazines and he has drawn for Marvel comics, as well as working for Seineger Advertising, Levi's, IBM, Larry Flynt Publications and Warner Brothers and Sony Pictures. He has self-published two illustrated novellas, "Bruised Fruit" and "Slow Jams." Track 9 "Best Wishes To Your Black Lung" by Alison Zawacki Alison Zawacki, a freelance illustrator, resides in Sacramento, CA. She earned a B.F.A. in Illustration from Kendall College of Art & Design and has received several awards for her illustrations. Her images have appeared in many publications and on concert posters throughout North America. Track 10 "She's Gonna Break Soon" by Mitch O'Connell Mitch O'Connell's illustrations have appeared in Playboy, Newsweek and many other publications. A book of his work, "Please Wuv Me," features over 80 original illustrations. O'Connell also designs cocktail napkins, bobbleheads, iron-on transfers, temporary tattoos and flash designs. Track 11 "That's Why They Call It A Union" by Peter Wonsowski A graduate of the University of the Arts, Peter Wonsowski studied illustration, animation and graphic design. Working with Less Than Jake for over six years, his artwork has appeared on album covers and t-shirts, as well as on skateboards, as tattoos and as broadcast images. He currently resides in Philadelphia, where he is learning to play the singing saw and designs 45 RPM records for fun. Track 12 "Plastic Cup Politics" by Scott Sinclair California native Scott Sinclair received a B.F.A. in Illustration from the Ringling School of Art and Design and his art has appeared in magazines from Playboy to The Progressive, as well as on numerous album covers. Currently residing in Boston, Sinclair is a freelance illustrator, fine artist and multimedia designer. His many side projects include an indie record label, SincAudio, and regular appearances on "The Model Sons" (www.modelsons.com), as well as contributing to an online documentary magazine, Egress. Track 13 "The Brightest Bulb Has Burned Out" by Camille Rose Garcia Camille Rose Garcia was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Orange County. Creative influences include Phillip K. Dick, William Burroughs, Henry Darger, Walt Disney, The Clash and Dead Kennedys. Her upcoming solo show, "Retreat Syndrome," will open on June 1, 2003, at the Merry Karnowsky Gallery in Los Angeles. Her work has appeared in Juxtapoz, Art Issues and Paper Magazine, among others, and can also be seen in the upcoming issue of BLAB magazine. Track 13 1/2 "Screw Fall Out" by Speed Scott Hall Speed Scott Hall attended the University of Florida and currently lives in L.A., where he has designed posters for over 120 different bands and such events as the Pop Disaster Tour of 2002, featuring Blink182/Green Day & Wilco. Most recently, Hall conceived and drew the oversized, 3-panel comic strip backdrops for the New Found Glory Sticks and Stones U.S. Tour. Two additional artists also supplied their visual representations of tracks that did not make the final cut of "Anthem." They are: "ASAOK (All Systems AOK)" by Jason Miracle Jason Miracle lives and paints in Denver. He is a recent graduate of the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, where he studied closely under the chair of the Painting Department, Clark Richert. He was raised near Miami and he currently shows at the Pirate Gallery in Denver. "Last Rights To Sleepless Nights" by Shawn Hall Shawn Hall lives and works in New Orleans. Primarily a painter, she also creates performance art, installations and videos. She received an M.F.A. from MICA in Baltimore and a B.F.A. from SAIC in Chicago. She has taught painting and drawing at UCSD Extension, San Diego, and LSU in Baton Rouge. She exhibits widely.
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