Noteworthy album covers of 2013

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I know, it's still December, but this is a 2013 release:

― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 04:55 (5 months ago) Permalink

thx for the not hueg opening cover.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 04:56 (5 months ago) Permalink

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 05:06 (5 months ago) Permalink

Like that one a lot too!

― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 05:08 (5 months ago) Permalink

― epic album: the pluto (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 05:11 (5 months ago) Permalink

lol is that the real cover?

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 05:13 (5 months ago) Permalink

its the comedy central poster anyway

― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 05:14 (5 months ago) Permalink

real cover. might be the dopest comedy album cover i've ever seen

― epic album: the pluto (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 05:17 (5 months ago) Permalink

down w/all three of these so far. 2013 lookin good.

― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 05:24 (5 months ago) Permalink

this is a single and possibly available to buy now but fukkit it looks great and has 'a reference' to 'get'

― Sounds like something Maria Carey would of rejected (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 10:41 (5 months ago) Permalink

That's fantastic! I hadn't seen that.

― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 16:25 (5 months ago) Permalink

jeselnik cover and album name a+++

― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 16:29 (5 months ago) Permalink

I would listen to any album with that cover and especially any album with that cover AND title. Thankfully I'm already a bit familiar with Jeselnik and yeah, he's funny.

― Room 227 (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 19:16 (5 months ago) Permalink

Wave Machines, Pollen

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 21 December 2012 07:17 (5 months ago) Permalink

That gives me a headache

― Walter Galt, Friday, 21 December 2012 22:00 (5 months ago) Permalink

I'd freak out during this photoshoot from having my airways covered up.

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 22 December 2012 16:11 (5 months ago) Permalink

that really would be the worst way to die too, posing for the hideous cover of a new Bettie Serveert album

― nobody's bitch speaks again (some dude), Saturday, 22 December 2012 16:20 (5 months ago) Permalink

Gazelle Twin - Mammal EP

Honestly I wouldn't have minded another Suzanne Moxhay photocollage as on The Entire City, as Moxhay has a lot of stunning work, but this is good.

― Chinchilla! Chinchilla! Chinchilla! (Sanpaku), Saturday, 22 December 2012 16:26 (5 months ago) Permalink

Beach Fossils - Clash the Truth

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 26 December 2012 15:23 (5 months ago) Permalink

Beanie Sigel The Truth

― finally rich, fun-packed, fulfilling (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 26 December 2012 15:36 (5 months ago) Permalink

― Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 26 December 2012 15:43 (5 months ago) Permalink

This is the first BR cover art in a million years to look like a BR cover should look.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 27 December 2012 05:55 (4 months ago) Permalink

My illustration! My cat! My handtype!

http://theepoch.bandcamp.com/album/the-epoch-is-now-volume-2

― Guy was knee-deep in water (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 16:49 (4 months ago) Permalink

no idea if this link will work

― Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 17:05 (4 months ago) Permalink

La Big Vic - Cold War

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 7 January 2013 14:55 (4 months ago) Permalink

I like that one. I have no use for the band but that's pretty great.

― EZ Snappin, Monday, 7 January 2013 14:59 (4 months ago) Permalink

Yeah, I wish they were better, because they have two pretty special album covers so far.

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 7 January 2013 15:00 (4 months ago) Permalink

Know nothing of the band, but would probably buy any thrift-store paperback Sci-Fi novel that had that as a cover.

― Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Monday, 7 January 2013 15:02 (4 months ago) Permalink

Dan Friel- Total Folklore

― mizzell, Monday, 7 January 2013 18:09 (4 months ago) Permalink

― tsrobodo, Monday, 7 January 2013 19:13 (4 months ago) Permalink

― mizzell, Tuesday, 8 January 2013 00:31 (4 months ago) Permalink

i know it's supposed to be parodying some kind of blaxploitation trope but that action bronson cover is pretty much exactly the bobby digital in stereo cover.

― Poliopolice, Tuesday, 8 January 2013 02:06 (4 months ago) Permalink

didn't that Three Legged Race album come out in December?

not nitpicking, just trying to figure out if it's eligible for my 2013 list. i thought it was scheduled for early December but now all of a sudden, i'm seeing reviews (including p4k's)

― alpine static, Tuesday, 8 January 2013 05:25 (4 months ago) Permalink

Yeah it definitely came out in 2012, it was on Spotify last month.

― Vote in the ILM End of Year Poll! (seandalai), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 11:06 (4 months ago) Permalink

I'm a huge fan of the typesetting on the Broadcast LP. Though the right aligned but centre placement is something that normally drives me crazy.

― Oblique Strategies, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 03:13 (4 months ago) Permalink

Here's some of Julian House's takes on the Berberian Sound Studio artwork. http://festivalvanguard.blogspot.com/2012/09/alternate-posters-for-berberian-sound.html

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 03:18 (4 months ago) Permalink

alternate takes, I should say.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 03:18 (4 months ago) Permalink

I'm a huge fan of the typesetting on the Broadcast LP. Though the right aligned but centre placement is something that normally drives me crazy.

huh?

the first cover itt has quite a Barney Bubbles vibe.

― wk, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 04:46 (4 months ago) Permalink

not really sure what this sounds like but i like the windam hill vibe

― big fat dictionary (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 05:39 (4 months ago) Permalink

― lol cassidy fan club (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 10 January 2013 20:27 (4 months ago) Permalink

so very ugly

― the drawl of the mc's could be farts (NickB), Thursday, 10 January 2013 20:28 (4 months ago) Permalink

I dunno, I kinda like it.

― said the brohaim to the cochise (how's life), Thursday, 10 January 2013 23:04 (4 months ago) Permalink

Looks like he's just stuck the title over that Cex album cover (jk.)

― contrarian, zing thyself (cajunsunday), Friday, 11 January 2013 00:18 (4 months ago) Permalink

Only January and I think we've found the most wtf cover of 2013.

― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Monday, 14 January 2013 17:07 (4 months ago) Permalink

they spelled "Primus" wrong.

― how's life, Monday, 14 January 2013 17:22 (4 months ago) Permalink

La Big Vic - Cold War
― Johnny Fever, Monday, January 7, 2013 6:55 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I like that one. I have no use for the band but that's pretty great.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, January 7, 2013 6:59 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah, I wish they were better, because they have two pretty special album covers so far.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, January 7, 2013 7:00 AM (1 week ago)

They are named for an ilx0r if you can believe that.

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 14 January 2013 18:04 (4 months ago) Permalink

― a la recherche du tempbans perdu (NickB), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 14:24 (4 months ago) Permalink

what a dramatic way to die

― questino (seandalai), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 14:27 (4 months ago) Permalink

― anonanon, Saturday, 26 January 2013 16:27 (4 months ago) Permalink

What is it? Is it the sequel to the Nine Inch Nails giant hand album?

― fuck off like a diamond (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 27 January 2013 06:56 (3 months ago) Permalink

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I guess in the case of The Knife I'll let it pass because the singles and videos have been at least cohesive in their aesthetic laziness.

― Moka, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 05:20 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

Yeah seeing MBV vinyl in a store for $45, I took a real close look at the cover art to see if I was missing something in only seeing it as a JPG on my computer screen and no I wasn't. It really does look like the background on a poor 2003 MBV Myspace fansite. It was like the album was daring me to buy it and it lost, horribly. And of course the new Bowie LP sitting next to it turned the whole situation into a farce. Truly our greatest artists are pushing the envelope of not giving a shit, at least that's how it appears.

Strokes one sort of makes me think of whenever you see a website that is a bunch of movies done in the style of Penguin Book covers or something. Cool, you can make something that looks like it's old. Good job, dude.

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 7 May 2013 05:43 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

The MBV is particularly offensive considering the 22 year span between this one and Loveless.

― Moka, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 05:50 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

That said, here's some artwork from this year which I wouldn't displaying in my collection. From the looks of it, I really naked ladies and horses.

― Moka, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 06:19 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

From the looks of it, I really naked ladies and horses.

Is your real first name "tumblr"?

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 06:21 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

And the artists in case you're curious: Daniel Romano, Keaton Heason, La Femme, Falty DL, Apparat, Banque Allemande, Foals, Heaven Shall Burn.

― Moka, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 06:22 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

From the looks of it, I really naked ladies and horses.

Is your real first name "tumblr"?

― Johnny Fever

But, I also like cartoons and shiny colors!

― Moka, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 06:23 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

and it should read *i really like.

― Moka, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 06:23 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

i scrolled thru quickly and didn't see this:

― alpine static, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 07:15 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

I was happier when I didn't see it, either.

― You can fondle the cube but it will not respond. (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 7 May 2013 09:00 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

And the artists in case you're curious: Daniel Romano, Keaton Heason, La Femme, Falty DL, Apparat, Banque Allemande, Foals, Heaven Shall Burn.
― Moka, Tuesday, May 7, 2013 6:22 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Listening to the La Femme one now on the basis of its cover. Sounding very nice this sunny morning.

― Eyeball Kicks, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 10:28 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

I sort of want Daniel Romano's suit.

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 7 May 2013 15:46 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

Kyle Hall - The Boat Party

― Number None, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 20:22 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

i like that one, but i wonder if it will make people think of dzokhar tsarnaev.

― Treeship, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 22:54 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

well now it is

― anonanon, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 23:02 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

too schoon, guys.

― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 23:50 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

― anonanon, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 03:07 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

i like that one. reminds me of the palette tool on MS paint and other programs. that was always sort of magical to me as a kid, as there was an infinity of subtleties between two visibly identical shades. good evocation, Sunbathers.

― Treeship, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 03:37 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

OTOH, not a welcome gradient on the skin of a sunbather.

― Me So Hormetic (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 8 May 2013 03:52 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

yes, it looks like a massive sun-poisoning blister.

― Treeship, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 03:56 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

love the kyle hall cover

― the display names will fall like rain (Matt P), Wednesday, 8 May 2013 03:59 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

re Sunbather I like to think of it as the color of sunlight through closed eyelids

― anonanon, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 04:06 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

That's nice, anonanon. Your association with eyelids staring at the sun has made me like this cover.

― Moka, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 05:16 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

sweet. the dissolving text is a nice touch and apropos too. and all this for a black metal album

― anonanon, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 05:44 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

ok, an apparently shoegazey post-rockin black metal album, but still

― anonanon, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 05:48 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

been a while...

― Bee OK, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 05:52 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

Wait what? That's a black metal album? That one is misleading for sure.

― Moka, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 05:54 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

― Bee OK, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 05:56 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

― Bee OK, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 06:00 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

Moka yeah Deafheaven is nominally black metal but based on a preview track, I wager the cover is quite appropriate. in case it piques your interest

― anonanon, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 06:07 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

what is so so glos?

― The Reverend, Thursday, 9 May 2013 00:55 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

fun party dude punk rock

― http://www.ilxor.com/s.png (gr8080), Thursday, 9 May 2013 03:31 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

I like their cover

― The Reverend, Thursday, 9 May 2013 03:49 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

Cover connections if you squint:

Still Corners - Strange Pleasures (RIYL Young Galaxy, Chromatics kinda thing)

Sungod - Contackt (RIYL space rock kinda thing)

― scintilla (seandalai), Thursday, 9 May 2013 13:44 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

lol wut

― thistle supporter (mcoll), Friday, 10 May 2013 05:08 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

those two are great. especially the still corners one. don't think i'd name an album strange pleasures though, unless it is an explicit joy division nod

― whiskey and ice cream sandwiches (Treeship), Friday, 10 May 2013 05:32 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

the small black is like extremely low rent storm thorgerson

― anonanon, Friday, 10 May 2013 06:17 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

Classixx - Hanging Gardens