Noteworthy album covers of 2012

That's the limited edition vinyl.

Sweet!

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51W%2BfWe06rL._SS500_.jpg

AU - Both Lights

AU's been posted before. still like it. agate!

so who is the "vex" of the maxfield-parrish-eque cover just after the ufomammut

http://bonnieraitt.portmerch.com/stores/images/D/slipstreamdetail.jpg

'landlady's late fee'

Looks like Tori Amos' surgeon got to Bonnie.

go back to best/worst. this noteworthy thing is just not happening

no, i love this thread's hodgepodge

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61tkkz7V6tL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

Battles - Dross Glop

Multi-coloured dog poop anyone?

That's the remix version of Gloss Drop btw. The phrase that springs to my mind looking at that is 'you can't polish a turd'.

I'm not asking for Bonnie Raitt's cover to be literal or anything, but what does "Slipstream" have to do with her walking up an industrial staircase?

I like that we are going for "noteworthy" rather than good or bad, because in most cases it's obvious. But for some of the ones Bee OK posted upthread I have no idea if they liked them or not.

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m28305lYXe1rtx1w5o1_1280.jpg

http://cdn03.cdn.gorillavsbear.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Quarantine-Hyperdub-575x575.png

Laurel Halo - Quarantine

^ forgot to press the show 300 more posts button and didn't see this was a repost. . . apologies

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m28305lYXe1rtx1w5o1_1280.jpg

I think the above pic belongs to this thread:

Manchester Manbears group appreciation Thread!!

The band above is an unlikely mix of dudes from Les Savy Fav, Orchid, Panthers, Black Army Jacket, and matt pond PA, with DFA ties. The cover is striking and highlights this oddness.

gotta be a reference to:

http://i42.tinypic.com/b4hog4.jpg

jam city - classical curves

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7268/6941610230_4af09c3c8c_z.jpg

<3 <3 <3 perfection

hate it

I would skip that Jam City record because of that cover.

Yeah, that's kind of awful.

literally no idea what you all dislike about it, i love the imposing inexplicability of it

It looks like a shitty desktop wallpaper from a decade ago

that graphical style is still being proudly displayed in the signatures of posters on vbb car forums

don't hate the jam city cover, but it's quite dull. it could be advertising flooring or glazing material in an architectural trade magazine. except for the spilled motorcycle, but that's not doing much for me.

lex otm

yeah that's a good one

love it, it's my jam!

Terrible.

yea that jam city is actually kinda nice, i think the datedness is sorta the point. also gotta love how divisive it apparently is lol

http://cdn2.pitchfork.com/news/46193/51efdc41.jpg

Ty Segall Band, "Slaughterhouse"

Wow. Looks like Nick Blinko drew The Beyonder. I don't know that I like it, but well done.

http://rumplo.s3.amazonaws.com/images/tees/0000/1099/1099-0.jpg

http://farm8.static.flickr.com/7088/7095669279_bba585f499.jpg

Amazing resemblance to Don Van Vliet

I like the Jam City even though the "COLD IMPOSING 80s HE DOESN'T HAVE A NAME HIS NAME IS DRIVER ALSO MIDNIGHT CITY" aesthetic is rapidly getting played out.

http://music4dance.org/_nw/154/11582805.jpg

^ Too easy to mock the terrible covers you find in the emusic listings, but this one cracked me up

wow that Flights of Fancy record is gorgeous. i'm immediately interested in hearing the music inside.

― jed_, Donnerstag, 19. Januar 2012 22:35 (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Been playing this pretty much 24/7 lately, makes up for the immense letdown Six Cups Of Rebel still continues to be.
Also still the best artwork of 2012 so far.

http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles5/144372/projects/3242019/f3f066ce15efdb6fe6c5a34a3c5d6be9.jpg

it's an EP not an album but I think we can all agree on this being a noteworthy aesthetic shift for Akufen

hmmmm, I saw that he hinted at this direction by doing a night a few years ago which was a parody of Ritchie Hawtin's Cube called ... 'The Pube'...

the shittiest cover of 2012?

http://cdn03.cdn.gorillavsbear.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/PURITY-RING-SHRINES-575x575.jpg

Not crazy about the lungs, but other than that, I like it. What is it?

purity ring - shrines

out in july apparently

Patheticallly I know what that akufen cover is referncing. Used to get played on the St Columbs college bus to strabane if we had a wacky driver
http://www.discogs.com/QFX-Freedom-The-Album/master/91278

ha, good spot

i didn't really get an 80s vibe out of the Jam City one?

http://blog.iso50.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/datassette-people_without_mouths-front.jpg