Matt Lunsford

Early years

While attending high school in Danville, Illinois, Lunsford and his then-girlfriend (now wife) Darcie published a fanzine called Polyvinyl Press. In 1995, this fanzine turned into a full-fledged record label — Polyvinyl Record Co. As recounted in the book Post: A Look at the Influence of Post-Hardcore 1985-2007, Lunsford's relationship with Polyvinyl's first break-out band, Braid, formed during time spent skateboarding with a couple of the group's members.

Career

Lunsford has been credited as a producer on two Braid releases - Movie Music Vol. 1 and Movie Music, Vol. 2 - as well as an art director on the 2008 of Montreal album Skeletal Lamping, which was part of the groundbreaking Skeletal Lamping Collection.

In 2009, Lunsford was interviewed for a New York Times article about Kickstarter (an online platform for funding ideas), because Polyvinyl was considered one of the site's "earliest success stories."