name
― al b. surly! (The Reverend), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 03:25 (thirteen years ago) link
it's a pun on the phrase "come trues"
― Snámh dá Én (missingNO), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 03:26 (thirteen years ago) link
u shld check him out I think you'd dig
― gr8080, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 04:31 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 07:09 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― gr8080, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 07:55 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 07:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Whoops, sorry, the cover I posted is for Realism by Shine 2009 (what a stupid band name, even if it's deliberately stupid).
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 08:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Looks like a CGI still from a fabric softener ad.
― Number None, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 09:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Or a bad day at the beach chair factory.
― Agarbatti Boy (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 09:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Bad Day at the Beach Chair Factory is a better name than Shine 2009
― Stone Colde Sylke Freek (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 16:18 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― pitch defect (electricsound), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 01:35 (thirteen years ago) link
wait for it..........
........
wait for it..........http://www.suburbanapologist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Animals-Will-Be-Stoned-Album-Cover.jpg
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 19:14 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
btw sorry for calling u a retard the other day jf, that was unkind
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 19:17 (thirteen years ago) link
holy shit that cover, thank you JF
― ilxor running, w/ laptop in hand, checking ILX as he sprints (ilxor), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 19:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Gotta say its a definite improvement on this:
http://www.justiceoftheunicorns.com/blood/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Angels-with-Uzis-album.jpg
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 19:25 (thirteen years ago) link
reminds me of
http://img12.nnm.ru/a/c/0/2/9/ac0297b3902f076f8f4d338f499f1cb1_full.jpg
― Abbbottt, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 19:27 (thirteen years ago) link
that eagle has, like, man-arms/chest
― al b. surly! (The Reverend), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 22:14 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Per Yngve's having his brain out (MaresNest), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 22:28 (thirteen years ago) link
is that real Boris or fake "Boris"
― beefaroni merchant, part-time fish tank bitch. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 12 May 2011 01:11 (thirteen years ago) link
That Unjoy cover is like an Unsane cover. Weird
What's double weird is the name has a similar vibe.
― last updated 2 minutes ago by 1 minute ago (van smack), Thursday, 12 May 2011 01:20 (thirteen years ago) link
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...
― m0stlyClean, Thursday, 12 May 2011 03:37 (thirteen years ago) link
alex moulton > justice of the unicorns
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 12 May 2011 03:39 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 12 May 2011 08:36 (thirteen years ago) link
offtopic: What's always bothered me about centaurs is that they're hexapods.
― anatol_merklich, Thursday, 12 May 2011 12:23 (thirteen years ago) link
had never thought about that; now it's bugging me toothanks for ruining centaurs for me gawd
― beefaroni merchant, part-time fish tank bitch. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 12 May 2011 15:56 (thirteen years ago) link
They're actually human centaurpedes
― immer wieder, ralf & günther (NickB), Thursday, 12 May 2011 16:10 (thirteen years ago) link
I shouldn't post thishttp://www.reviler.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/jerusalem-and-the-starbaskets-dost-review.jpgbut I'm curious what people here think
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 12 May 2011 17:26 (thirteen years ago) link
really beautiful imo.
― jed_, Thursday, 12 May 2011 17:27 (thirteen years ago) link
you trying to draw new jersey?
― jay lenonononono (abanana), Thursday, 12 May 2011 17:40 (thirteen years ago) link
not as good as the heater cover but really nice xxp
― mizzell, Thursday, 12 May 2011 17:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Cool, thanks for the feedback.Same dude did the Heater cover.
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 12 May 2011 17:45 (thirteen years ago) link
stuff i really like:
toro y moi - just stunning, one of the year's besttim hecker - good design, great photoiron & wine - excellent, but his shit always looks greatterror defence - yes yes, a thousand times yesdemdike stare - brilliant, as alwayspanda bear - low key, but quite nicedirtbombs - not immediately striking, but perfect for the albumzombi - wow, a favoritejuan atkins - "that is BADASS" (OTM)munch munch - an old trick deployed well, still worksasa masa - has stealth properties, love the facewoods - love the woodsist house stylegang gang dance - holy fuck, ftw, best i've seen this yearearth - always have beautiful cover art, wish the music measured uplaurel halo - nothing special about the design, but love the photothe weekend - holy wow, yesmoon duo - not a best best, but still p greatthe gift - goddam, that's amazingpsychedelic horseshit - another winner, on a rollbattles - awesome, love it to death, fuck hatersumberto - GENIUStyler, 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 thingterra tenebrossa - an overly familiar design, but pulled off wellhet droste effect - damn, son!pretty lights - sucker for that early 80s hard sci-fi shit, so greatlil b - other albums are w/e, but i LOVE black kenskeletons - wonderful, in competition w ggd for top honorsspaceghostpurp - lol, good bad22 piste pirkko - simple and smart, step up, everybody elsesoft metals - gorgeous, love everything about it, and i don't usually go for this stylejustice of the unicorns - of course, boris forever
― always have time for the crystalline entity (contenderizer), Thursday, 12 May 2011 18:12 (thirteen years ago) link
that Het Droste Effect demo is amazingly good.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 12 May 2011 18:15 (thirteen years ago) link
as well as a great cover.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 12 May 2011 18:16 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/eooFz.jpg
― gr8080, Friday, 13 May 2011 01:41 (thirteen years ago) link
contenderizer are you serious bro
― J0rdan S., Friday, 13 May 2011 01:44 (thirteen years ago) link
idk why i'm lashing out sorry
― J0rdan S., Friday, 13 May 2011 01:45 (thirteen years ago) link
― gr8080, Friday, 13 May 2011 01:47 (thirteen years ago) link
curren$y cover is predictably O_O
― ilxor running, w/ laptop in hand, checking ILX as he sprints (ilxor), Friday, 13 May 2011 03:58 (thirteen years ago) link
i fell on my head when i was small
― always have time for the crystalline entity (contenderizer), Friday, 13 May 2011 04:04 (thirteen years ago) link
fomh
― gr8080, Friday, 13 May 2011 04:29 (thirteen years ago) link
gonna put a veto on the weeknd cover. it's like being in an alternate reality where tumblr actually has influence upon the world.
― kelpolaris, Friday, 13 May 2011 04:49 (thirteen years ago) link
it's like being in an alternate reality where tumblr actually has influence upon the world.
I hate to tell you but
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Friday, 13 May 2011 04:55 (thirteen years ago) link
gonna put a veto on kelpolaris posting to any threads ever
― gr8080, Friday, 13 May 2011 05:04 (thirteen years ago) link
rofl
― J0rdan S., Friday, 13 May 2011 05:08 (thirteen years ago) link
THE BAD:
wye oak - garbageshit & shine - great band, never had anything close to a decent album cover, still don'tasobi seksu - so embarrassing, dude hasn't done anything worthwhile in agesseefeel - cheap shit, utterly genericgang of four - igi, still sucks, one of the year's worst1900s - wtf digital ribbon candy?primordial undermind - disgustingtrail of dead - the worst album cover of the year, no contestmarianne faithful - egad, for shameraveonettes - outrageous filththe memory band - fuck fuck FUCK your beachy memory shit (great photo tho!)dimlite - hideousexene - horrid (and disappointing, as i'd like to root for her)toploader - barfbearsuit - barffriendly fires - unforgivablelittle dragon - "little dragon is awwwwwful" (OTM)the lonely island - JESUS FUCK! go diekaty b - lazy b, utter shitemountains - heroically boring, an achievement of sortsstevie nicks - thoughtless crap, she deserves so much betterthe aston shuffle - some of you have no fucking taste at allfoo fighters - almost impossibly bad, like there's an athleticism involvedjason forrest - fuck no, one of the year's worstexplosions in the sky - overdesigned bullshitwashed out - infuriating, if you like this, you are dead to mebilal - aaaargh, my eyes! (ok, it does have a certain wtf appeal)d'eon/grimes - i would like to never see this "let's play indian" crap ever againunjoy - are you serious? so played out and awful, despise everything about it
― rock you like a HOOSicane (contenderizer), Friday, 13 May 2011 08:00 (thirteen years ago) link
You left out Lady Gaga because its badness is a given, yes?
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 13 May 2011 08:07 (thirteen years ago) link
JESUS FUCK! go die.
― gr8080, Friday, 13 May 2011 08:16 (thirteen years ago) link
People go nuts about album art, dang.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 13 May 2011 08:17 (thirteen years ago) link
jf: well yeah
― rock you like a HOOSicane (contenderizer), Friday, 13 May 2011 08:37 (thirteen years ago) link