Album Covers In My Chosen Genre: Indie

I have looked at some album covers in my chosen genre of Indie, here are a few that I have explored in greater depth:

The Cover for The Killers album 'Day & Age' is made up from small circles which build up the composition. The album does not feature the artist and the color theme resembles the title of the album cover with purples to demonstrate the night sky and lighter tones to suggest the day. 

I have looked at the official album cover for my chosen band Dog is Dead to explore the way in which they convey the band through an image. The cover suggests a relationship between two characters and the black circle they are walking towards can be depicted as them walking into the future which can also be noticed by the perspective of the image as they walk into the distance together. Furthermore, the colour of the band title on the album cover is matched with the black circle which is the key focus of the image. I particularly like the way in which the image suggests a relationship between two characters and I have decided that I would like to depict this theme on my album cover. This is because the theme of relationships


Local Natives album cover features the band, with a misty color blend of blue and red in the background. The use of a colour wash suggests a certain theme for the album cover. Furthermore the bands name is written in block capitals which is extremely eye catching. In addition the band appear in 'casual' positioning making the album cover look unstaged further demonstrating the personalities of the band members. 


The Ting Tings album cover features two hands tattooed with the album covers name 'we started nothing'. The red background colour is alarming which is juxtaposed with the album cover 'we started nothing' as if they started nothing why is the colour alarming!  








Bombay Bicycle club, another indie band has a rather dramatic and interesting album cover. A man is seen flying the air with a crowd staring up at him. This could be a comparison with the band is that the band is the man in the air and everyone is looking and amazed by what he is doing. Furthermore the title of the album cover 'I had he blues but i shook them loose is in capitals and a calming light blue is used. In contrast the rest of the album cover is in black and white. I think this is real effective to have the main composition in black and white and then the album title and band name in colour. I therefore may choose to do something like this for my digipak. Furthermore, the use of black and white also adds a vintage effect to the album cover making it appear as a 'one off' album emphasising the bands uniqueness and the fact that they are an indie band.