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Inspiration for our CD Cover

InterpolInterpol

One band I found with a similar indie/rock genre was a band called ‘Interpol’. They are an all-male band that are similar in style to our band. The album covers I found revolve mainly around the ‘survival of the fittest’ theory, shown through predation of animals.

InterpolInterpol

I really like how the picture is somehow graceful and looks aged but the cover is something violent. I think we will take influence from this when we create our CD cover.

The CoralThe Coral

The Coral are similar to our band, instead with a slightly more indie feel. The album covers I researched varied from very bright and colourful to very dark and sombre.

The CoralThe Coral

These album covers vary greatly, from bright and colourful with an old-fashioned feel to dark, brutal and in some ways quite scary. I like both of these album covers and I feel that with our band we could choose either a bright or dark album cover. I think with ours we will go for something with multiple meanings so something probably more like the one on the left.

SupergrassSupergrass

Supergrass are an old-fashioned band with a quirky rock style. They thrive on being seen as strange and peculiar. They formed in the era of punk and carried the sound forward into the 21st century.

SupergrassSupergrass

Both albums have the bands faces covered partly in shadow and none of the band members are looking directly at the camera which helps contribute to the bands star image of being mysterious and peculiar. This fits with their genre of music. The album on the left has a blue theme with could symbolise unhappiness or deep thought. The album on the right makes good use of the contrast between white and black, symbolising good and evil.

Queens of the Stone AgeQueens of the Stone Age

Queens of the Stone Age are a popular rock band that have been established for many years. They have a very similar sound to our band.

Queens of the Stone AgeQueens of the Stone Age

I really like both of these album covers and I’d like to take inspiration from both of them. I really like the consistency of the gothic writing, which fits with their genre of music. Both have very bold, stark colours, which take up the majority of the cover. The cover on the left could symbolise blood, evil or the devil which also fits with the trident weapon shown on the front. The cover on the right makes really good use of the lighting as it is attention grabbing, stark and meaningful and very representative of the rock genre. I would definitely like to do something like the album cover on the right, grabbing our target audiences attention and looking quite creepy and unsettling.

The ShinsThe Shins

The Shins are an alternative rock band who are quite well known and who I would like to take influence from in creating our album cover.

The ShinsThe Shins

I really like The Shins album cover as they are cartoons/drawings but they still have meaning and they are quite different and original. They set the band apart from similar bands of the same genre. I think if we used drawings it would definitely be original and would hopefully attract our target audience. I like how the drawings are quite peculiar and can be interpreted in many different ways but they still have an element of mystery about them and can be seen as quite dark.