Wide Open — Prepared for Overpass · August 2026 · Interactive budget, all levers yours

Wide Open News­papers × Overpass

A two-volume image + lyrics publication · 2024–2026 & 2027–2029 · full-size newsprint · never discounted
01 — The idea

Two volumes, one story

Volume 1 — 2024–2026

The first three years. From the Night, Dependent, Elsewhere Always — the images, the lyrics, the road from Birmingham to sold-out headline tours. A full-size newsprint publication where every spread opens into a wall poster. The physical archive of the band's origin chapter.

Volume 2 — 2027–2029

The next chapter. New album, new stages, the US run. Same format, same quality — a continuation that only exists because Volume 1 came first. Built when the material is ready, priced and modeled the same way.

Volume 1 is the project. Volume 2 is the commitment to a series — announced now, built later. Sold direct online, at shows, through bookshops. The lyrics make it a companion object to the records; the images make it a poster book.

02 — Why Wide Open

We do everything

End-to-end. Event production with H&M and Highsnobiety. Production for Nike. TikTok marketing for Noah Kahan. Creative direction with over 20 artists across genres. We stock our own newspapers through our own global distribution — Magculture, Yvon Lambert, Skylight, Quimby's.

Design, print, logistics, promo, distribution — one team, one pipeline. Full-size newsprint where every spread opens into a wall poster, with real writing on the backs. Your team approves at concept, layout, and final. We run the rest.

03 — The two financial structures

Who pays, who earns what

Pick the structure first — the calculator below works under either.

Structure 1 — We finance it

Wide Open pays for everything — design, print, shipping. Costs recoup off the top, then the net splits 60/40 in the artist's favor. You write no checks and carry zero risk.

Structure 2 — You finance it

You cover production at cost plus our design & production fee, and keep everything else. More money, small upfront — the right call if you're confident in the run.

FeePriced per scope

These are base prices — scope-specific and negotiable as a bundle. Volume 1 + 2 together is a different conversation.

04 — Volume 1 · 2024–2026 · Budget playground

The first chapter

Drag the copies and price sliders to model any scenario. Sold direct online and at shows.

Print cost: $2.50–$1.00/copy — currently total. Show sales: 5% shrinkage. Online sales: 2.9% card processing.
Copies printed
Gross retail
Net pool
Net to the artist
Net to Wide Open
05 — Volume 2 · 2027–2029 · Budget playground

The next chapter

Same format, same model. Built when the material is ready — modeled here so you can see where it lands.

Print cost: $2.50–$1.00/copy — currently total. Show sales: 5% shrinkage. Online sales: 2.9% card processing.
Copies printed
Gross retail
Net pool
Net to the artist
Net to Wide Open
06 — Side by side

Both volumes

Volume 1 — 2024–2026
Volume 2 — 2027–2029
Both volumes combined — net to the artist
07 — How it runs

Production & next steps

EditorialImages from your archive, commissioned photography, lyrics laid into the spreads. Approval at concept, layout, and final — every page.
The formatFull-size newsprint — every spread opens into a wall poster. Lyrics on the backs of the images. An art object, not a lyric booklet.
DistributionSold at shows through your merch table, direct online, and through independent bookshops via our distribution network.
TimelineVolume 1 built from existing material — 6–10 weeks concept-to-print. Volume 2 announced alongside, built when the 2027–2029 material is ready.
Next1 · Pick structure. 2 · Archive access + concept session. 3 · Design, approve, print, ship.
Turnaround

Printing and shipping take a week. The only real time variable is design.