What does it take to make a connection?  What does it take to maintain one?  Clip Art welds catchy, fluid melodies to unexpected rhythms while searching for connection in and to our modern world.

The musical vehicle of Chicago singer-songwriter Andy Rosenstein, Clip Art makes dense, brainy pop with graceful harmonies and cinematic textures.  Swimming in the same waters as the White Album, Graceland, and Summerteeth, Clip Art’s songs are eclectic and impassioned. They are meticulously arranged, and then sculpted down to their pure tuneful essence. The lyrics present a darkly humorous, but ultimately sympathetic look at the world.

Since releasing the “Broken by Design” EP in 2010, Rosenstein (guitar, Wurlitzer, accordion) has assembled the nimble, understated group of James Johnston (guitar), Steve Schuster (bass) and Mike Holtz (drums) to enhance the rhythmic drive and execute the tight interlocking lines of his compositions.  Rigorously rehearsing their harmonies and refining their arrangements in between Rosenstein’s tours as keyboardist for JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound (Bloodshot Records), Clip Art is ready to connect the dots between recording and performing, orchestration and simplicity, tradition and progress, art and pop.


Press:

"Fans of pop music rejoice. Chicago’s Clip Art are here to pull that dirtiest of dirty words out of the trash heap of history and restore it to its rightful place."
--Loud Loop Press

"The crowning jewel of the five-song EP is the first track, an upbeat rocker called "Dead Letter" with an effortlessly wonderful chorus that grabs you almost instantly. Deeper in, "I Was Gone," "Better" and the title track are exercises in heartfelt soul-pop calling to mind greats such as Elvis Costello, Squeeze and Aimee Mann... "Dead Letter" alone would make Broken by Design highly recommended summer listening for any fan of indie pop or power pop. The fact that there are four other excellent tunes on the EP is just icing on the cake."
--Chicago Examiner / Windy City Rock

"With a background of interest in filmmaking and a day job as a public radio producer, Rosenstein has a more unique concept of the songwriting process than most."
--Newcity Chicago

"We could spend time trying to draw comparisons between Clip Art's eclectic style and other artists, but the infectious pop of songs like "Dead Letter" stands on it own."
--Chicagoist