I'm with the Band

Soundscreen Design’s fresh indie rock apparel transcends the merch table

By Amanda Hughes
Published: September 3rd, 2010 | 11:55am

Amazing concert posters seem to be everywhere these days, but rock tees often leave something to be desired. Tired album art, boring logos, and even worse, these eyesores often come printed on the kind of stiff, ill-fitting cotton T-shirt that can kill even the most inspired ensemble.

Cue Soundscreen Design. This Brooklyn-based company tapped five cutting-edge indie fashion designers and graphic design studios to create distinctive merchandise for 10 influential indie bands, including Animal Collective, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and TV on the Radio. The goal was to produce a line for fans that would reflect their good taste in both music and fashion.

The result was Soundscreen Design's 2010 Apparel Collection, which features band-inspired artwork on canvas totes and soft, high quality American Apparel cotton tanks and tees. The designs are modern and refreshingly abstract, and all items are priced between $20 and $24 and offer a foolproof way to show a little music appreciation without looking like a 13-year-old fanboy.

The first installment of the collection (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Pantha du Prince, Animal Collective and Atlas Sound) is available for purchase now on Soundscreen's website. Designs for TV on the Radio, Band of Horses, Chairlift, Beach House, and HEALTH will be released later this year. Here's a peek at some of the goods:

Rob Carmichael for Animal Collective:

Animal collective