12 Days of Christmas: Day Four - 2015 Album Artwork Favourites
1. Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams
Despite the accusations of Coldplay stealing Bring Me The Horizon's artwork for their album 'Sempiternal', the cover for Coldplay's new release 'A Head Full Of Dreams' is definitely one of my favourites. The symbol that the album revolves around is the 'Flower of Life', a geometric pattern representing spiritual enlightenment. Inspired by the Turkish Poem "The Guest House", Chris Martin explained that "it really changed my life and way of looking at the world, so we put it [the flower of life] in the middle of the album as at sort of thank you to that poem."
The colourfulness and inclusion of childhood photos of the band reflects the personal aspect of the album and what guitarist Jonny Buckland explained as being the transition from "night to the day." With all the colours, layers and shapes spread across the cover it reminds me of an explosive scrapbook, and I love it.
2. Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
Former Fleet Foxes member Josh Tillman released his second album 'I Love You, Honeybear' in February this year. Illustrator and Photographer Alia Penner, who has also worked on albums for Lana Del Ray creates a vibrant and untraditional nativity scene for the artwork, having also illustrated the backdrop for Tillman's set at Coachella in 2013.
The image of Madonna holding the baby Jesus, which has been made to look like Tillman, gives insight into his wicked sense of humour and personality. He explains the thought process of the image: "I'm turning this woman into a sacred object and a deity. This is what love and intimacy are manifesting as in my life!" I like how it displays his interpretation of love and marriage in an honest and emotive way, with contrasting images of religious figures and vicious creatures.
Tame Impala - Currents
Australian psychedelic rock band Tame Impala released their studio album in July this year. It received critical acclaim and gained five awards, one being album of the year, at the ARIA awards. The artwork was created by artist and musician Robert Beatty from Kentucky. Frontman Kevin Parker said the design's inspiration came from when he was visualising the themes for the album. The diagram of a vortex shedding was based around Parker\s ideas of "turbulent flow, the way liquid or air flows around objects and the trail of twisted and disrupted fluid that it leaves."
Although I probably wouldn't have read into it in that much depth initially, it does make sense when you look closely. The creativity and intellection behind the the artwork reflects the LP's imaginative sound.
1. Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams
Despite the accusations of Coldplay stealing Bring Me The Horizon's artwork for their album 'Sempiternal', the cover for Coldplay's new release 'A Head Full Of Dreams' is definitely one of my favourites. The symbol that the album revolves around is the 'Flower of Life', a geometric pattern representing spiritual enlightenment. Inspired by the Turkish Poem "The Guest House", Chris Martin explained that "it really changed my life and way of looking at the world, so we put it [the flower of life] in the middle of the album as at sort of thank you to that poem."
The colourfulness and inclusion of childhood photos of the band reflects the personal aspect of the album and what guitarist Jonny Buckland explained as being the transition from "night to the day." With all the colours, layers and shapes spread across the cover it reminds me of an explosive scrapbook, and I love it.
2. Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
Former Fleet Foxes member Josh Tillman released his second album 'I Love You, Honeybear' in February this year. Illustrator and Photographer Alia Penner, who has also worked on albums for Lana Del Ray creates a vibrant and untraditional nativity scene for the artwork, having also illustrated the backdrop for Tillman's set at Coachella in 2013.
The image of Madonna holding the baby Jesus, which has been made to look like Tillman, gives insight into his wicked sense of humour and personality. He explains the thought process of the image: "I'm turning this woman into a sacred object and a deity. This is what love and intimacy are manifesting as in my life!" I like how it displays his interpretation of love and marriage in an honest and emotive way, with contrasting images of religious figures and vicious creatures.
Australian psychedelic rock band Tame Impala released their studio album in July this year. It received critical acclaim and gained five awards, one being album of the year, at the ARIA awards. The artwork was created by artist and musician Robert Beatty from Kentucky. Frontman Kevin Parker said the design's inspiration came from when he was visualising the themes for the album. The diagram of a vortex shedding was based around Parker\s ideas of "turbulent flow, the way liquid or air flows around objects and the trail of twisted and disrupted fluid that it leaves."
Although I probably wouldn't have read into it in that much depth initially, it does make sense when you look closely. The creativity and intellection behind the the artwork reflects the LP's imaginative sound.
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