Deep Cricket Night is a Chicago area band with a sound that sits somewhere between REM and Joy Division, atmospheric, melancholic, and cinematic. I handled the full visual identity and video production for their album Song of the Siren Saved.

The logo went through several concepts before landing on the right idea. The direction the band wanted was something with the dark, minimal feeling of Joy Division's iconic imagery. What I came up with was taking the actual sound profile graphic of a cricket chirping and using that waveform as the logo mark, set inside a black circle. It connected the band's name to a real visual representation of sound in a way that felt conceptual without being obscure.

For the album cover and promotional posters I developed a visual identity that matched the atmospheric quality of the music, keeping the aesthetic consistent with the logo direction.

The music video was filmed on location at Clark Street Beach in Evanston. The band's original concept involved a bird or bat costume. I had a set of large dramatic wings that I thought would work better and suggested using those instead. We started filming in a backyard but I pushed to move to the beach because of the Siren reference in the title. The day turned out to be overcast and windy, which ended up being perfect. I shot in slow motion and layered images to capture the movement of the shiny flowing fabric, turning what could have been a simple performance video into something much more visually striking.

This is an ongoing creative relationship and I have worked on additional album art and animation for the band, which is featured separately in this portfolio.