Known for rowdy shows and catchy rock songs, Turf War started in 2008 as a bedroom solo project for lead singer John Robinson and quickly turned into a full band with Brian McGrath filling in on drums and backup vocals, Cecil Moss on Guitar, and Bradley Morris on bass. They created a sound reminiscent of early Replacements and brought on a full party attitude to their live sets.
After playing the club circuit in Augusta for 3 years and gaining a wide audience they set their dreams higher and made the move to Atlanta, GA. It didn’t take long for people in Atlanta to start recognizing the bands energy and catchy songs. They even caught the attention of fellow Atlanta rocker Ian St Pé of the Black Lips, who came on to produce the bands first full length. In the process of recording the album they met Ian McDonald, who was engineering their record.
John quickly saw a likeness in Ian musically and asked him to join Turf War, making them a five piece. The band headed out to Texas on their first run outside of GA in 2011 to play SXSW, looking for a label to put out their record and hoping to find a wider audience. There in Austin they met label owner Rob Mason of Old Flame records. They hit it off and decided to make a partnership to release the self titled debut of Turf War Years of Living Dangerously, set to street on October 18, 2011. Turf War will be appearing at SXSW 2012 as a showcasing artist.
Sidenote: The video for Cheers to the Years is directed by Atlanta’s own, Jason Travis, who is also the man behind the lens of the We Are the Process Spring ‘12 lookbook. Stay tuned for that to drop next week as the brand will hit the road to showcase at StyleX for the 2nd straight year.
What up We Are the Process / EC Design Co. family, the name is Keenan Kellett and I’m here to learn. About what you ask? Well, about your city and what it has to offer to the streetwear game as a whole. Larry Luk and Georgios Saliaris were kind enough to hook me up with the spring internship here in their new studio at Good Work. I’ll be here Monday to Friday till around 5:00 if anyone ever wants to stop by and check anything out. I really love what We Are The Process is doing with their clothing by keeping it real and not losing their Southern roots.
I’m really stoked about staying in The A for awhile. This isn’t the first time I’ve visited Atlanta but it is the first time I’ll be “living” here. I’m coming here from Charleston, SC, where I serve hangry (hungry/angry) overweight tourist BBQ. I’ve been into We Are the Process for about a year now since I heard about it from some friends at Permanent Vacation. I’m looking forward to helping these guys #GrowTheBrand.
While I’m here I’m trying to dine on some of the delicious grub that Atlanta has to offer, which I know hardly anything about, but I’m sure exists. I want to also see some cool art galleries and possibly check out some of the dope music venues. I’m sure there are also some pretty good looking ladies but sadly for them I am very unavailable… Either way I know this is going to be a great experience all around.
We Are the Process (WATP) and the design shop behind the brand known as EC Design Co. (EC/DC) are looking for a Spring intern to join their staff from now until the end of March. The Spring intern will be expected to learn about the WATP brand, write about sports, design, and clothing from the perspective of WATP & EC/DC, check-in on social networking handles, be sociable with clients, and last but not least, handle design tasks.
But the biggest perk of the position will be an all expenses paid trip to Austin, TX in mid-March for South by Southwest’s Style X event where We Are the Process brand will be showcasing their latest collection.
You will be expected to be in the greater Atlanta area for 90% of this internship. Other supplies you’ll need are:
-A Car
-A Laptop computer with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
-A Smart phone
It’s a plus if you have:
-Retail experience
-Writing experience
-Familiarity with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
Over the 3 years that we have been doing We Are the Process, we have created many designs and illustrations that we’ve scrapped because one reason or another… and this illustration is one of them. This initial version of Famine was replaced by the Mayan Priest version in the The Four Horsemen series.
Last weekend, we relocated our design studio back into the heart of Atlanta. We’re now at the cross streets of Ponce de Leon Place & Pylant in a progressive lofted office building known as Good Work. We couldn’t be happier with our new location. The new space will serve as a place for us to conduct our day-to-day branding projects for our clients as EC Design Co., and as a “factory store” for our brand, We Are the Process. Holler at us via Twitter at @WeAreTheProcess if you’re interested in visiting. If you’re in town, you can save on shipping fees by picking up gear in person.
We spent a few days transforming our new digs into a place that felt more like home. There are still some things to be done, but here are some photos documenting the process: Read the rest of this entry »
Chuck Bryant from How Stuff Works’, Stuff You Should Know Podcast is seen here rocking our Teepee fitted cap. It’s always great to see that our work out there. #GrowTheBrand y’all!
Manual is a new song by Atlanta-based indie-folk-prog outfit, We All, featuring industry friends of ours, Mike Boutté and Joel Edwards. Rock on guys & gal! If you like Mike’s tee, you can pick one up at over at We Are the Process.
