Noteworthy album covers of 2014

Ha - read it as Blur at first and was pretty into it

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Brnp7plIQAAC1Hd.jpg

o my

also it looks like there is some thunderpants.jpg action going on at the back end of that thing

I love that; it's a guy who paints monsters into charity shop cheapo paintings. The sort of idea that I guess a lot of ilx0rs would hate, but I think he does it well.

xp lol yeah thunderpants creating a thermo-nuclear arsequake

Another one of his:

http://th02.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2013/144/5/1/the_thing_by_the_boats_by_chr15t0ph3l35-d66h9qh.jpg

okay the context helps to see where they're coming from but it still looks kind of crappy imo

second picture is more interesting, monster vs boats creating some tension there

I like it! A cousin to that one Dinosaur Jr. LP cover with the weed tree monster guy

R.E.M - Unplugged. V. Cold wavey
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/02/R.E.M._-_Unplugged_-_The_Complete_1991_and_2001_Sessions.jpg/640px-R.E.M._-_Unplugged_-_The_Complete_1991_and_2001_Sessions.jpg

wow such nam very paik much jun

http://f0.bcbits.com/img/a2550786045_10.jpg

I really don't like this one, in fact it does a disservice to a fantastic album. Nonetheless, it is "noteworthy."

R.E.M - Unplugged. V. Cold wavey

Was thinking very "Hermit of Mink Hollow" but anyway, would rather look at that cover for forty minutes than listen to the album.

yeah i just feel like i've seen several NDW records with that style going on.

i just read "noteworthy" as "cool" or "supremely wack"

http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wo-fat-the-conjuring.jpg

http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/the-golden-grass-the-golden-grass.jpg

http://www.bluespills-shop.com/media/uploads/CD/BluesPills-BluesPills_CoverDesignbyMarijkeKoger-Dunham.jpg

The artwork is by the incredible artist Marijke Koger-Dunham. She painted it sometime in the late 60ies, and because we were looking for some 60ies inspired artwork, we thought “what could be better?” For us, it is a representation of the balance of life, as shown in all the symbolism of natural dualities such as darkness and light, sun and moon, life and death, etc. It shows how opposite forces are interconnected and compliment each other to form a whole. Besides that, it just looks absolutely amazing!

http://f0.bcbits.com/img/a1677125922_2.jpg http://f0.bcbits.com/img/a3474741683_2.jpg

It was brought up in the Rolling Stoner/Psych... thread that some feel these are misogynist or at least boring and cliche. But will humans ever get bored with nudes in art? Perhaps because artists like Baroness' John Baizley and Ufomammut's Malleus Labs have set pretty high standards. I'm conflicted, as it's not necessarily essential that a stoner/psych/doom album cover need be tasteful. Did Satyress singer Jamie LaRose object to the cover? I have no idea. But it would be cool to see some power battle metal covers turn up the homoerotic loincloth images past 11.

I didn't complete the thought -- Baizley/Malleus are good artists, and other covers are more glaringly cheesy in comparison. I still like most of them, but there's definitely a line somewhere where I'd hesitate to wear some on a shirt!

See also:
http://www.selectivememorymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/AmbarchiAlbumCover-e1401926221344.jpg

(Ambarchi/O'Malley/Dunn: Shade Themes from Kairos)

That is a brilliant album, band name sounds like an Irish law firm but what a band.

yeah, it's really good

http://cdn.7static.com/static/img/sleeveart/00/034/611/0003461118_500.jpg

Venetian Snares - My Love Is A Bulldozer

very Ride A Rock Horse...

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41WCKTWF7XL.jpg

http://cdn2.pitchfork.com/news/54308/e338abc7.jpg

wtf

heh heh

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pTEpLsjdKJg/UwTDgB-dtHI/AAAAAAAANhc/Hn47OalBvuM/s1600/Sebastian-Bach-Give-Em-Hell.jpg

His horns are on wrong.

that is great, it looks hand-drawn/not-touched-up.

http://i.imgur.com/B2cAX4T.jpg

obviously some connection to this:

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4661/635/1600/Randy%20California.jpg

fucking awesome, daniel bachman "orange co. serenade"

http://batheticrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/BATH082-Daniel-Bachman-575x575.jpg

Technically not 2014, but who cares:

https://light-in-the-attic.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/release_image/16822/image/tmp_2F1406152015683-jew377kb0fqolxr-766a9de7996a26c7317bec5c7209497b_2FAlbum%2BCover.jpg

i like the way the shonky-looking hangars behind him undercut the glamour. could've been a swanky departure lounge, could've been palm trees, but no, it's mundane industrial-shed, metal-box ugliness instead

I don't know, jumping out of your Benz and hopping into your private jet is pretty glamorous.

o sure, but the surroundings have all the appeal of a b&q car park (tatty burger van just out of shot)

http://f1.bcbits.com/img/a3662428547_10.jpg

http://f1.bcbits.com/img/0003347288_10.jpg

what's that?

looks like a tree of some sort

I think it's an album cover.

good work, gents

Michiru Aoyama - 暖かな季節 (Warm Season)

Oh cool, I have what I think was his last album (The Sound Is Shining) and that was terrific

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/couldyoudefine/RELEASE-apachedropout-heavywindow_zps743a7f48.jpg

https://cdn1.lockerdome.com/uploads/39ceca213118d304d5cc59c85c856f42071155b2dc802d9b8ca212c46862fb0f_large

i know i know, it's the vines, but this is terrible in every possible way:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61Bs5N1Zr%2BL._SY300_.jpg

Looks like a shampoo label from the 70s.

Apparantly it's a double album with 24 songs on it. It's 54 min long all in all.

Seriously? Their label's letting them do that?

It's released on their own label, Wicked Nature Music.

what's the Waka Flocka one?

i guess i am assuming it's not a WFF album