The Bends by Radiohead

I was very anxious about taking on this cover design as I have so much respect for both Radiohead and the artist Stanley Donwood.

I first listened to this masterpiece of an album when my life needed to take a different direction, a new start, and the Bends formed a major part of that time and affected me so much. I was also aware that there was some disagreement between Thom and Stanley over the cover, with Thom wanting an Iron Lung but at the last minute they used the medical dummy. I’ve tried to convey both those themes through the chrysalis/lungs image while also giving an atmosphere of this incredible, epic, melancholic and yet for me, uplifting record.

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Done