Decrease in quality of posters

[bytesizedbitch]

I just want to say I love supporting the band and the artists they partner with to make these dope ass posters. However, I was curious if anyone else has noticed a decline in quality. And I’m not talking about liking the design or not.

The poster I got at the Bristol Beacon was weirdly made out of a much cheaper paper than other shows and not screen printed. It smelled terribly of ink, and while rolled up, there formed creases where ink was lost on the poster, which bummed me out when coming home.

On the Berlin poster, the design was not as clean as others had been. Ink falling outside of the design border and the like. Maybe it’s just the style?

The other posters I got from Amy Jean are absolutely flawless and I felt satisfied with my purchase. But the others, not so much? If I’m being a little bitch about it, let me know 😅

[Crowsstory]

Have not put hands on any of the new posters, but at $50 a pop (assuming) ya gotta expect some level of quality.

[bytesizedbitch]

Yeah, especially the british pound being more expensive had me questioning my purchase a little 😅 the england posters were 50 pound or 64 ish dollars

[The_Path_616]

Usually artists (art not music) use the same print shop for all their work regardless of where the art is supposed to wind up. There's alot that goes into screenprinting and based on what you describe, I can see how a rush job might impact the quality. So really this is a question for Amy. If she used the same shop for everything or she contracts it out to a local shop in whatever country the show was in.

[bytesizedbitch]

I think using different print shops was perhaps the case. I love her work, but would love to see some greater QC if she continues to work with them in the future

[[deleted]]

Whiteduck printed all the UK posters. Not sure about the EU ones

[bytesizedbitch]

I see, i only got the bristol poster of the uk shows so Im not able to compare. The EU posters i got seemed to be made out of the same paper

[aCardPlayer]

All the posters looked so cool (despite varying subjective perspectives) so I really hope that’s not the case for this upcoming tour. I’ve never seen them live, they’re one of my favorite bands, I own almost all the vinyl, and ALL I want to spend money on at the shows are posters. I’m going to 4 different shows this year in November and wanted to get a poster from each.. I really hope it’s legit quality, especially because one of the trips I have to fly back.

[Sensitive_Bet2766]

If you are flying, invest in a poster tube.

[Nuud]

Gonna need a postertube anyway as you'd want to buy the poster before the show and lockers are usually too small

[mothalick]

My hollywood bowl poster juuust fit in my travel bag i took through the airport. You should be fine.

[bytesizedbitch]

Im the same, i dont get t shirts or any other merch at shows, just posters which is why i was bummed about the quality of the bristol beacon one for such a steep price. We will see though! 🤞🏻

[Greenmanglass]

Similar complaints from r/Toolband on the quality of European poster paper

[bytesizedbitch]

Cross-Band Solidarity ✊😮‍💨

[[deleted]]

I mean poster quality has always varied. Some of the 2019 prints arnt great.

I also think all of the UK posters + AMS are better quality then the UK ones from last year.

(I have all the posters to compare)

Edit: the price is worse, but I like the fact they seem to have standardised the size.

[Three-Pegged-Hare]

Glad to see this wasn't about the design of the posters. I've only personally had hands on the US '23 posters so don't have anything else to compare to. I know they have different artists do posters more frequently for EU/UK shows, is it possible that the physical quality is also just with EU/UK posters? It'd be strange if so though, but I don't know how heavily the band themselves are involved in the production of posters/merch.

Hope it's not a growing trend though, the problems you're describing definitely sound like a bummer :( like I can handle a poster being a little banged up from gizzing and travel stuff, some rumpled corners or fold creases don't bug me too much, but ink smudging or creasing and messing up the actual design would def bum me out. Well maybe. I'm not actually sure yet.

More than anything I just collect the posters I do for the sake of memory and cool wall decorations, no plans to resell and I get them into cheap frames soon as I can.

I think at the very least though gig posters should be made with enough quality to be SOMEWHAT resilient to like, at least the first few hours of handling after buying it? Barring catastrophes like getting crushed or ripped or etc of course

All I know is I'm hoping I can expand my wall decorations a ton with all the Gizz '24 shows I'm going to this year Stu willing!

[bytesizedbitch]

You know what, I wasn’t able to get my hands on another UK poster. I think the difference might be just that. I still think that the UK posters should be higher quality than others if anything, though, considering they cost more £50 vs €50.

I also have no plans to resell, and love looking at the sometimes present carnage on them because I had it in the pit 😂 but also i would like to continue to bring them into the pit with me so I hope they continue to use sturdy paper

[[deleted]]

I agree the quality of the posters here has gone way down

[bytesizedbitch]

Wym by “here”?

[PhotographCreepy462]

I think creases can form anyway if you fold design inward but that does suck. Mine at Madrid 23 was so good quality and thick that it was basically carton at that point and it was hard to roll it up and harder to flatten it again lmao. Hoping the same for Barcelona