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13 bands on their favourite album artwork

Picks from Lomelda, CHUCK, Petite League and more

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intro by sammy maine

I’ve always been drawn to album artwork. It acts as a frame, a presentation of months or years of work. It’s the thing that opens you up to the vision of the artist without ever listening and there’s definitely some power in that. When probed about their aesthetic choices, artists often reveal more about themselves and their musical output than some of their songs could even muster – a great example of this being a chat I had with Evan Stephens Hall about those Pinegrove squares late last year.

So, I thought it would be fun to open up my interest in album art to artists themselves. How they perceive someone else’s album artwork must hold some contextual aspect, seeing as most of them will have gone through the stresses of figuring out just what they wanted their cover to say. Below, the likes of Lomelda, CHUCK, Petite League, Spectres, IDLES, Gothic Tropic and more pen some thoughts on what their favourite album cover means to them.

Lomelda on Hand Habits ~ Wildly Idle (Humble Before the Void)