We are extremely excited to share with you the cover of our upcoming “Untourable Album” (August 25th). We first found this picture in a book titled “A Day in the Life of Canada”, published in 1984. The idea behind the book was to gather more than a hundred professional photographers from around the world in Canada to provide an intimate look at its people. More than 100 000 pictures were taken, but the book could only hold 255. Of those 255, our favorite picture is this one, shot in 1984 in Halifax. We immediately started researching information on its photographer, Lynn Goldsmith, looking for a way to license the picture for our upcoming album. Unknown to us at the time, it turned out that Lynn was (and still is) literally a superstar in her field for the past 50 years: she has done more than 100 album covers, did editorial work that appeared on the covers of publications across many countries and her fine art photography can be seen in collections of The Smithsonian and the Museum of Modern Art, among other museums. After seeing her in pictures with Andy Warhol, Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen, Prince, Michael Jackson, Gene Simons, Sting, Bob Dylan… (the list goes on forever), we weren’t sure if we’d be able to license the picture at all, being in very very different leagues, when compared to her past collaborators. We contacted her licensing administrator, who confirmed to us that this was a long shot, aka. we probably couldn’t afford it, but she said she would try nonetheless. After a few days of waiting, we were extremely surprised to receive a positive answer saying that “Lynn likes Men I Trust a lot”, and would license the picture to us at an “indie band price” for the love of music. We feel extremely grateful, honoured, and lucky to be able to share this album cover with you, so today we wanted to take the time to pay homage to Lynn Goldsmith, her work and her legacy. You’re such a legend, thank you
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