After many twists and turns with different financial issues, the documentary producer vanished and the film was never released. But the album was almost complete, so the orchestra decided to release the music under a one-time name for the project.

None of the music on Second Hand Orchestra’s LP was ever intended to exist in that format, a fact that had to be acknowledged on the final sleeves. The music was repurposed, and so was every other element of the album.

Second hand is interpreted in as many ways as possible across the identity and album artwork. The orchestra’s name is cobbled together with hand-drawn versions of iconic band logos, while the album art is pasted onto second hand sleeves gathered from vintage record stores. Even the t-shirts are just thrift-store finds screen printed with the name of the orchestra.