Noteworthy album covers of 2012

There's a piece about the painting here btw:
http://boingboing.net/2010/09/03/makoto-aidas-schoolg.html

okay, this drawing is p great:

http://boingboing.net/features/aida/harakiri.jpg

the digitally dicked with version posted above, otoh, is hideous. and i dunno, i feel like i have at this point seen enough manga-style japanese art depicting cleverly butchered schoolgirls to last me a fucking lifetime.

http://www.tomentosarecords.com/gpssalp.jpg

^great record

(sylvester anfang II)

that is: Silvester Anfang – Perzische Tapijten (2012)

interesting note: first pressing of 500 sold out. 250 more currently being pressed. pressing denoted by 1st in rougher matt sleeve, 2nd in glossy sleeve…

one of those rougher matt sleeve pressings took a beating in transit

http://exclaim.ca/images/strange1.jpg

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx90unL2yZ1qcvrtro1_500.jpg

silvester anfang ii looks pretty great! hard to tell w such a small pic, but thumbs up

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s720x720/552633_10151434956285227_379787640226_23383306_2010158406_n.jpg

ignore the copy, great illustration.

high on fire - de vermis mysteriis

http://cdn4.pitchfork.com/news/45593/0af63b8c.jpg

love the shine on the dog's nose!

http://i.imgur.com/Qje0O.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61Pkfbb6Z-L._SS500_.jpg

Sigh – In Somniphobia

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/news/45148/header.jpg

silvester anfang ii Perzische Tapijten looks pretty great! hard to tell w such a small pic, but thumbs up

here is a bigger one:
http://www.borguez.com/uabab/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Perzische-Tapijten.jpg

dang, i hope it actually comes wrapped in an ancient towelette like that, not just a picture

but a picture's cool too

au cover is also great. i get seriously into agate sometimes.

http://thenjunderground.com/storage/Gossip-Joyful-Noise.jpg

Wow is that bad!

yeah, just do not understand. something good might have come of the basic image, i guess? if the background were a different color maybe, and if the text played up the garish WTF-ness. i mean, i'm reaching, perhaps because i like the gossip & beth, but i don't see how those elements could be combined in a less successful fashion.

do love sigh – in somniphobia. much better "painted cover" than either high on fire (their worst yet? at least tied w snakes) or day trader.

Beth Ditto's hand is strangely fascinating to me but everything else on that cover is a complete howler

high on fire (their worst yet? at least tied w snakes)

Definitely their worst album cover, though their cover art been heading downhill since "Blessed Black Wings."

more op art...

http://mute.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/CarterTuttiVoidAlbumFront.jpg

Carter Tutti Void - Transverse

It's really ugly and a really old idea, but that sort of stuff still fascinates the shit out of my eyeballs.

yup

you do wonder wtf artists see when someone presents an idea like that ditto cover.

its like they just dont see it the same as the rest of us eg. the last lady gaga album cover ..

that gossip cover is like bizarro http://onetinyhand.com/

mpp has had an even worse effect on cover design then on music, huh

dang, i'm sure this is familiar to everybody but me, but so great! detail:

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/dondetail.jpg

dangit. wrong thread. well, it should be an ablum cover...

wtf at hamm's hand there

I'm finding that Mad Men pic to be incredibly haunting. Any context there? I know it's off-topic/mistake, but seriously I need answers.

that gossip cover is like bizarro http://onetinyhand.com/

― grimes - (the elder scrolls iv:) oblivion (diamonddave85), Monday, March 26, 2012 11:44 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

One Tiny Hand is horrifying.

That Mad Men picture would make a great Storm Thorgerson cover for the next Umphrey's McGee album, I Can Barely Hold My Drink.

I'm finding that Mad Men pic to be incredibly haunting. Any context there? I know it's off-topic/mistake, but seriously I need answers.

― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Monday, March 26, 2012 1:15 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

One Tiny Hand is horrifying.

― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Monday, March 26, 2012 2:02 PM (52 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i dunno where that mad men pic came from originally. random promo image, i suppose? agree w MFB that it's haunting, very well composed and lit, but yeah, the one tiny hand concept kind of creeps me out.

http://cdn.stereogum.com/files/2012/03/theesatisfaction-awe-naturale1.jpg

http://www.stalley330.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Stalley-Savage-Journey-to-the-American-Dream-Cover-Art-By-Patrick-Martinez.jpeg

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/news/45927/5840772c.gif

new Peaking Lights

Is that an animated gif? I was wondering recently if anyone had used one for an album cover yet.

it's linked from pfork, not sure if the gif properties reflect something that the actual cover will do or if they're just animating it for shits'n'giggles

http://i.imgur.com/jUMbs.jpg

chromatics - kill for love

cover connection:

http://www.bompstore.com/media/10/a20791913057b14ed31bb_m.jpeg

country loveless

Is that an animated gif? I was wondering recently if anyone had used one for an album cover yet.

― Valéry Giscard d'Staind (NickB), Tuesday, March 27, 2012 8:04 AM Bookmark

Nina Sky did for a single cover

http://www.ninaskyhigh.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DayDreamingfinalcover.gif

ha, just noticed the witch house triangle on there. i guess they must be hanging with CREEP a lot.

did anyone explain John Hamm's creepy hand yet?

Might just be my computer but that gif is a bit clunky eh?