Noteworthy album covers of 2013

^black devil disco club - black moon white sun

This cover is super ugly:

http://cdn2.thelineofbestfit.com/media/2013/10/Dean-Wareham-Emancipated-Hearts.jpg

http://solidgoldcreativity.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/gay-science.gif

^ it's a reference obviously to this but still

http://factmag-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/mounteerielp-9.3.2013-500x500.jpg

no fucking way phil

haha that's quite cool

This exists:

http://rdio-a.cdn3.rdio.com/album/7/e/8/00000000003968e7/1/square-600.jpg

catching up: dig the black milk, zoltan, pillar without mercy (hate the text design tho), tropic of cancer, saltine, pusha (great!)

drake, neko case, danny brown, audrey o'day & the weeknd are abysmal. how does that even happen?

p.s. also love the castles, fuzz (great album too!), black lizard, cosmic machine comp, gabriel soloman and black devil covers. good shit. doomriders is nice, but not a patch on darkness come alive.

baizley's too easy, but

http://www.metalsucks.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/baizley-skelwitch.jpg

cheating tho, actual cover =

http://www.skeletonwitch.com/products/full/cd.jpg

http://www.clashmusic.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_feature/public/field/image/forest_swords_lp_600.jpg

^ forest swords - engravings

http://cdn3.pitchfork.com/news/50905/44f00ae0.jpg

^ eric copeland - joke in the hole (just okay, but still okay...ish)

http://www.israbox.com/uploads/posts/2012-12/1356792296_cover.jpg

^ grouper - the man who died in his boat (rowr)

http://www.invisibleoranges.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/LD.jpg

^ lord dying - summon the faithless (maybe my 2013 favorite)

http://2a56b976980e0793ddee-5cc5435fcbc367bb03f9a415e7067a97.r91.cf2.rackcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pete-swanson-600-e1357873945383.jpg

^ pete swanson - punk authority (speaking of great things from former yellow swans...)

http://www.austinchronicle.com/binary/1fca/music_phases6.jpg

^ power trip - manifest decimation (not a knockout, but nicely creepy)

http://www.portalsmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/oozing-wound.jpg

^ oozing wound - retrash (guilty as charged)

that power trip album is really good

http://yeproc.11spot.com/media/catalog/product/cache/12/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/n/i/nicklowe-aseasonalselectionforallthefamily-sm_4.jpg

Brentford kit supposed to be black shorts and socks ffs.

feel like i don't need any more wes anderson in my life xpost

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/616IalA4f%2BL.jpg

A+

LONNIE HOLLEY I'VE GOT MY OWN ALBUM TO DO

http://factmag-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nondrowsy-cover-500x500.jpg

Physical Therapy - Non-Drowsy EP

http://cdn.pigeonsandplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/parquetcourts.jpg

metal bands have the best graphics.

oh man does that parkay quarts cover makes me want to avoid listening to it.

and frequently the worst too xp

*make

here's the new axel boman record. why is gauche 3d cover art hip this year? everything old is new again and that's great but... it's also fugly. the music on this record's actually pretty good...

http://musicis4lovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/artworks-000058441527-tvhhpr-t500x500.jpg

and frequently the worst too xp

haha, good point. =)

like the parkay quarts! looks exactly like they sound.

somewhere between early fall and early pavement then?

When I interviewed them they stressed how much they hate being compared to both those bands lol

Great job of asserting some aesthetic distance there guys

That's hilarious. We HATE being compared to the two bands who we sound the most like and whose entire visual aesthetic we draw from!

somewhere between early fall and early pavement then?

― but my heart is full of woah (NickB), Wednesday, November 20, 2013 1:56 AM (7 hours ago)

close enough

http://cdn2.thelineofbestfit.com/media/2013/10/Future-Of-The-Left-How-To-Stop-Your-Brain-In-An-Accident-500x500.jpg

would like to think that the one in the bottom left corner is "no dean blunt records"

http://esg6rzdhdg9i115s.zippykid.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/r-kelly-black-panties-500.jpg

http://factmag-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/deon-kallisti-102413.png

http://www.33-45.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/original_DeMeester_si_01.jpg

Andy Votel is easy, I know, but damn

http://www.hotcuprecords.com/images/c400_slippery_rock.jpg
Mostly Other People Do The Killing: Slippery Rock!

http://www.bestartvinyl.com/vote.html?nc=1385468989

Might be wrong about this, but I've noticed since vinyl sales have picked up that big, busy, slightly-psychedelic album art seems to also be making a resurgence. There must be a difference for artworkers when creating something for vinyl or CD markets?

it's like, if i'm going to shell out for something on vinyl, and i'm trying to pick between two albums but can't decide, often it's the artwork that's the deal maker.

Ras G is the best one there, love that cover

This came out months ago and everyone has probably already seen it, but I love this

http://cdn.rap-up.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/fantasia-side-effects-cover.jpg

Back cover:

http://christalrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/back-of-fantasias-side-effects-of-you-album-christal_rock.jpg

http://nme.assets.ipccdn.co.uk/images/gallery/2013GeorgePringle_GolfoDeiPoeti_600G190413.jpg

George Pringle- Golfo Dei Poeti

http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0161/8690/products/DING-DONG-DISQUESweb_grande.jpg?v=1383427113

george pringle one is awesome-- what's it sound like?

There's a Quietus review here-
http://thequietus.com/articles/11621-george-pringle-gulfo-dei-poeti-review

Might be wrong about this, but I've noticed since vinyl sales have picked up that big, busy, slightly-psychedelic album art seems to also be making a resurgence. There must be a difference for artworkers when creating something for vinyl or CD markets?

― a beef supreme (dog latin), Tuesday, November 26, 2013 7:53 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it's like, if i'm going to shell out for something on vinyl, and i'm trying to pick between two albums but can't decide, often it's the artwork that's the deal maker.

― a beef supreme (dog latin), Tuesday, November 26, 2013 7:56 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Hmmm, I dunno how true it is (there could be lots of other reasons for the popularity of psychedelic imagery right now) but I could almost imagine that simply seeing more things on vinyl might encourage an artist to imagine their work in that nice large format, and go ahead and include details that they might otherwise not have. But then I think that the worst era for album art was probably the height of the CD years. Even stuff that I imagine doesn't sell that much on vinyl has been looking a lot better lately (big pop albums and stuff).

bring back longboxes imo

http://i.imgur.com/NuSC4zr.jpg

I had all but two of those (Cure and Smiths) cut out and taped to my door in high school.