The Current

Great Music Lives Here ®
Listener-Supported Music
Donate Now

Wilco release 'Star Wars' on vinyl, celebrate 20th anniversary with retrospective poster book

October 21, 2015

Wilco
Star Wars is Wilco's ninth studio album
ANTI- Records

Back in July Wilco digitally released Star Wars, their unannounced ninth studio album, for free on their website. Now, three months later, the album is available on vinyl. Going on 20 years as a band, The Current is giving away the ultimate platinum Wilco package: Star Wars on wax, a 224-page hardcover copy of Beyond the Fleeting Moment: Wilco Concert Posters 1994-2014 and a limited edition, artist-signed silkscreen poster from the retrospective.

"Star Wars is a rarity among Wilco albums in that it seems to actively shy away from analysis or deeper meaning," says host Mac Wilson in his review of the album. "Whereas previous records have allowed ample opportunities for discussion, Star Wars is content to simply exist."

The career-spanning poster book, Beyond the Fleeting Moment, features more than 200 Wilco concert posters from 1994 to 2014 and rare photographs of live performances by Zoran Orlic. It's the perfect coffee table book for longtime Wilco fans to curl up with while listening to Star Wars. Enter for your chance to win both—plus a limited edition, artist-signed silkscreen poster—using the form below!

About the Florafauna posters:

Paul Gardner is the chief design officer at Florafauna Brand Evolution, a full-service design and branding studio located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After seeing a poster Gardner created for another band, Wilco's management hired him to design and print Wilco's 2007 Australian tour poster. Since 2007, Paul has been Wilco's go-to poster designer for Minnesota and surrounding area shows. Regarding the design process for creating his posters, Paul says, "Make it a visual extension of the music, event, or message being promoted. When done well, a poster becomes more than just ink on paper. A poster that finds a home on someone's wall becomes an icon of the memory of the experience."

Wilco has included seven concert posters by Minneapolis designer/illustrator, Paul Gardner, in its self-published archival poster book, Beyond The Fleeting Moment: Wilco Concert Posters 2004-2014. Gardner designed and screen printed the posters, all of which go through an approval process by both the band and the band's management. According to Gardner, "While music fans can find design books specific to gig posters, I don't know of any other band that has produced both the quality and quantity of posters to do something like this. Beyond the Fleeting Moment is a collection of cultural artifacts that celebrates the living legend of Wilco."

Wilco Star Wars Grand Prize Giveaway

Use this form to enter The Current's Wilco Star Wars Grand Prize Giveaway between 12 p.m. CDT on Wednesday, Oct. 21 and 11:59 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015.

One (1) winner will receive one (1) hardcover copy of Beyond the Fleeting Moment: Wilco Concert Posters 2004-2014, one (1) vinyl copy of Star Wars and one (1) silk screened Wilco concert poster. Two (2) runner-ups will receive one (1) vinyl copy of Star Wars and one (1) silk screened Wilco concert poster. Three (3) backups will be drawn.

Prize retail value: $80 (grand prize), $60 (runner-ups)

We will contact the winner on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015. Winner(s) must accept by 10 a.m. CDT Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015.

You must be 13 or older to submit any information to American Public Media. The personally identifying information you provide will not be sold, sharaed, or used for purposes other than to communicate with you about things like our programs, products, and services. See Minnesota Public Radio's Terms of Use and Privacy Statement.

This giveaway is subject to Minnesota Public Radio's 2015 Official Giveaway Rules.