In the latest instance of commerce mirroring art, Portland electro poppers YACHT have been made the target.

Sizable US department store Kohl’s stand accused, and as the picture above pretty conclusively shows, their recent teeshirt line bears a striking similarity both to Yacht’s logo (which okay is maybe just a triangle) and a lyrics poster from their song ‘Shangri-La’. Simply one or the other might have been excusable, but both makes it just a little shameless on Kohl’s’ part.

The band posted the image to their Tumblr and did not seem amused, adding this message:

“Listen, we’re interested in how ideas circulate through popular culture, but this “If I Can’t Go To Heaven” triangle t-shirt is too much. Kohl’s is a huge corporate entity that stands to make way more money off our lyrics and design than we ever will. Please share this image and let Kohl’s know it’s not OK to rip independent artists off this blatantly.”

Consider Kohl’s told. [via Pitchfork]

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