DM Stith - Heavy Ghost Album artwork

Great albums – Great Artwork out 09/03/09 (uk)

After last week’s complete lack of decent visuals we’ve got a deluge of stuff that’s actually pretty cool. My favourite, above, is the Dm Stith album. Overlays of watercolour and strawblowing finished in a thick black splodge and a heavy type face cutting through.

Pure Reason Revolution - Amor Vincit Omnia Album artwork

The Pure Reason Revolution artwork is strange. Amorphous body parts awkwardly positioned on the front make for a cover that gives a great sense of unease.

Annie Lennox - The Annie Lennox Collection Album Artwork

There are quite a few albums out this week with female singers on the front but most are pop rubbish with typical major label art department covers but Annie’s stands out, firstly because the design is so simplistic compared to the mash up of colour on the other albums and secondly because Annie her self is so visually arresting.

Vetiver - Tight Knit Album artwork

Vetiver’s album comes across like a screen print on an astrology chart which is, I’m sure, exactly what it is.

Micachu - Jewellery Album artwork

Micachu’s cover reminds my of the Art Star EP by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs – the tones are the same, the Jewellery references are very similar and both represent bands whose sound is completely art school.

Kylsa - Static Tensions Album artwork

Twisted illustration with similarities to the Pure Reason Revolution cover above. The heavyist band I’ve featured to date.

Propaghandi - Supporting Caste Album artwork

This cover is a brilliant example of how to incorporate the type face with subtley and elegance.

Bibio - Vignette the compost Album artwork

Not totally sure about this one as the painting itself looks more like an image you’d see at a carboot sale than anything else but on the front of an album I don’t know. It’s pretty unique.

Have I missed anything this week? Let me know in the comments if there’s an album I should be checking out.

 

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