Noteworthy album covers of 2011

o no the sahara hotnights is grebt

although i wish there was a more evident hint of menace in it

Maybe when you open the gatefold there's a goblin on the wing.

Definitely something going on under that blanket imo.

cool with this, needs more triangles tho

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/comtruise_1.jpg

altho like this a bit more

http://comtruise.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/beta-eyes-285.jpg

eurgh it just looks like fat flaps

Galactic Melt reminds me of an upside down Unknown Pleasures that someone painted and put stickers on.

The Bodies of Water cover is beautiful, moving even.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hn26z1GTYO0/TcVQ8xzubqI/AAAAAAAAAv0/jaj6_uMhV3Q/s1600/UNJOY%2B-%2BWorthless%2BLife%2BEnd%2B%255BEp%255D%2B%25282010%2529%2B%255B%255BM.G.%255D%255D.jpg

com truise?? ugh son

worthless life end I would buy that based on the cover what is it

yeah its a bit suburban WeeGee...fearful by the band's font that they are terrible numetal/emo

com truise?? ugh son

― al b. surly! (The Reverend), Monday, May 9, 2011 3:31 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

are u commenting on the art or the name

name

it's a pun on the phrase "come trues"

u shld check him out I think you'd dig

http://bandweblogs.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/shine2009cov47.jpg

This looked cool to me at first, but on further thought it's pretty bland. Kinda like the band.

IT SHOULD REALLY GO WITHOUT SAYING THAT IF A PIECE OF ALBUM ART DOES NOT INCORPORATE THE ARTIST AND ALBUM'S NAME, YOU SHOULD PROBABLY POST THAT ALONG WITH THE IMAGE

JUST SAYING

the sahara hotnights cover is amazing. i'm also amazed that they're still going. almost makes me want to hear the album but surely it can't be any good.

Whoops, sorry, the cover I posted is for Realism by Shine 2009 (what a stupid band name, even if it's deliberately stupid).

Looks like a CGI still from a fabric softener ad.

Or a bad day at the beach chair factory.

Bad Day at the Beach Chair Factory is a better name than Shine 2009

noteworthy to me because i'm REALLY looking forward to it but i really like it as a sleeve too

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/227092_10150182815948612_105853043611_7065784_1671938_n.jpg

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http://www.suburbanapologist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Animals-Will-Be-Stoned-Album-Cover.jpg

lol

btw sorry for calling u a retard the other day jf, that was unkind

holy shit that cover, thank you JF

Gotta say its a definite improvement on this:

http://www.justiceoftheunicorns.com/blood/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Angels-with-Uzis-album.jpg

http://bandweblogs.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/shine2009cov47.jpg

reminds me of

http://img12.nnm.ru/a/c/0/2/9/ac0297b3902f076f8f4d338f499f1cb1_full.jpg

that eagle has, like, man-arms/chest

Tony Banks solo records! I had one, The Fugitive iirc, it was kinda glum.

This thread reminds me that I was thinking about George Hardie and how it's odd that ime he doesn't ever seem to get any props, he was Hipgonsis' Barney Bubbles and quite brilliant, I see artwork that reminds me of his style all the time, yet you never really hear much about him, which is a shame.

is that real Boris or fake "Boris"

That Unjoy cover is like an Unsane cover. Weird

What's double weird is the name has a similar vibe.

fair damsel's expression makes that cover.
she looks kinda peeved to be abducted by stoned eagleman. plus, she has to hold the pose while BORIS sets his easel up, her sandals are too tight, and the bus service back from the castle fortress sucks...

alex moulton > justice of the unicorns

Yeah, that one doesn't beat the Alex Moulton cover by Boris Vallejo, even though it's okay.

One particular thing that makes this "Justice of the Unicorns" cover inferior is that the eagleman has a weird lower body! Based on the upper body you'd expect him to have human legs too, but then they should be shown in the picture, and they aren't. Of course he could have eagle legs instead, but even those should be visible in the pic! Unless Vallejo got some kind of an unexpected biological insight, and realized that even a mutant eagleman should be a tetrapod, and therefore the "legs" are actually his hands (while the wings are his "true" hands). But that would be kinda weird too! It looks more like he just didn't bother to figure out the lower body, so he just decided to cover it with an "artistic" blur.

offtopic: What's always bothered me about centaurs is that they're hexapods.

had never thought about that; now it's bugging me too
thanks for ruining centaurs for me gawd

They're actually human centaurpedes

I shouldn't post this
http://www.reviler.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/jerusalem-and-the-starbaskets-dost-review.jpg
but I'm curious what people here think

really beautiful imo.

you trying to draw new jersey?

not as good as the heater cover but really nice xxp

Cool, thanks for the feedback.
Same dude did the Heater cover.

stuff i really like:

toro y moi - just stunning, one of the year's best
tim hecker - good design, great photo
iron & wine - excellent, but his shit always looks great
terror defence - yes yes, a thousand times yes
demdike stare - brilliant, as always
panda bear - low key, but quite nice
dirtbombs - not immediately striking, but perfect for the album
zombi - wow, a favorite
juan atkins - "that is BADASS" (OTM)
munch munch - an old trick deployed well, still works
asa masa - has stealth properties, love the face
woods - love the woodsist house style
gang gang dance - holy fuck, ftw, best i've seen this year
earth - always have beautiful cover art, wish the music measured up
laurel halo - nothing special about the design, but love the photo
the weekend - holy wow, yes
moon duo - not a best best, but still p great
the gift - goddam, that's amazing
psychedelic horseshit - another winner, on a roll
battles - awesome, love it to death, fuck haters
umberto - GENIUS
tyler, the creator - brilliant, full stop (wish the "goblin" text weren't just a sticker tho)
gigamesh - wow, love the imposing prog-style lettering as architecture thing
terra tenebrossa - an overly familiar design, but pulled off well
het droste effect - damn, son!
pretty lights - sucker for that early 80s hard sci-fi shit, so great
lil b - other albums are w/e, but i LOVE black ken
skeletons - wonderful, in competition w ggd for top honors
spaceghostpurp - lol, good bad
22 piste pirkko - simple and smart, step up, everybody else
soft metals - gorgeous, love everything about it, and i don't usually go for this style
justice of the unicorns - of course, boris forever

that Het Droste Effect demo is amazingly good.

as well as a great cover.

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

contenderizer are you serious bro

idk why i'm lashing out sorry