if there's one thing that i've always loved about nj, it's the wide variety of music that comes out of here. every band adding their own style to the scene... always keeps things interesting. athletics are right in the thick of it all coming out of asbury park. their debut album "why aren't i home?" originally released through deep elm, delivers their own haunting post-rock sound i felt deserved an equally fitting vinyl packaging.

over the winter i happened to run into the band hanging out at the court tavern and approached them with the idea of creating an album cover that leaves a ghost image of a hand print on touch, then slowly vanish when let go.

the touch sensitive ink was applied by hand to each cover and features a custom diecut logo sticker in the bottom right corner available in 3 different colors w/ matching vinyl.

black touch sensitive jacket
12" vinyl w/ 3 different color variants
(-) ultra clear w/ black & white splatter
(-) sea blue & silver A side/B side colored
(-) milky clear w/ oxblood haze

Tracklisting:

Side A:
Why Aren't I Home?
See You On The Other Side
Fairview
Jordan
Speaking For Everyone
I Am Withdrawal

Side B:
Lullaby
August
It's Night, It's Enough
Affliction
The Cost Of Living

athletics
why aren't i home?

touch sensitive vinyl
ITC-004

athletics
who you are is not enough

hand made/wax sealed
ITC-008

when i had first worked w/ athletics on why aren't i home? they had just finished recording their a new album - which they described as a concept record that was really 1 song broken down into 5 movements. i wasn't sure what to expect, i just remember thinking it seemed like a bold move... the album did not disappoint.

as we started to discuss pressing who you are is not enough i knew how much effort they had put into the album and wanted to find a way for the packaging to also reflect the idea of being 1 thing broken down into five parts. so i designed a package where the entire thing was cut, screen-printed, folded, wax sealed and numbered by hand.

a lot of sleepless nights went into the process of making all 300 of these by hand, so i wanted the vinyl color to reflect the things that really helped everything come together - coffee & booze.

Pressing info:
hand-made / wax sealed vinyl jacket
12" vinyl w/ 2 color variants
(150) : Jack & Coke
(150) : Cup O' Joe

Tracklisting:

Side A:
I
II

Side B:
III
IV
V