Design DNA
Template: mustard #F4AC1C, cream #F4E4CC, oxblood #9C2C24 and ink #141414 blocks, like a record sleeve. Headlines are a condensed high-contrast Didone set huge in tight caps, with an italic oxblood serif second line ('NOT POLISHED INTO SILENCE.'); labels and catalogue numbers are mono caps; body is a plain grotesk. The hero sandwiches a grid of black-and-white musician portraits between 'AFTERTONE' and 'RECORDS'. A three-column release band (pressings list, studio photo, tracklist player), a black tour-date table with the next row in mustard, an oxblood demo form and a cream wordmark footer follow.