Noteworthy album covers of 2014

My vinyl copy of Adore actually has that same red cover

http://i.imgur.com/b6Oc4Gx.jpg

Does the cover in the lower right actually have fake ring wear enbedded in the art?! Has vinyl fetishism really gone this far?

Sorry, I meant lower left.

It went that far a long time ago. Just off the top of my head:

http://scoot.net/gallery/bbs/wearrings.jpg

That's just stupid.

Well it is the Black Keys so

Yes, Tuomas unfortunately it does! In their defense the album is meant as a vinyl only release and you'll only find a CD version in Europe. But, yeah the vinyl wear is obnoxious. The overall vinyl art is good ignoring that detail

The Strokes also did it recently no? I remember a red cover one that's designed as a used copy.

http://dis.resized.images.s3.amazonaws.com/540x540/98067.jpeg

look at the fucking state of this

seems this is also on his own record label which he's called Female Energy

http://cdn3.pitchfork.com/news/56889/4e0ac6fd.jpg

get the fuck out, neil young.

http://i.levykauppax.fi/cover/big/3/39/392035.jpg

Bit of a break from the usual Scared Bones tastefulness...

http://factmag-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Pharmakon_Bestial_Burden_Pakshot_lo.jpg

Pharmakon - Bestial Burden

I love that Pharmakon one. It is all about the body horror.

http://www.kudosrecords.co.uk/images/hires_products/gram1403.jpg

I'd think I'd be bored of the Sacred Bones template by now but I really love it.

http://cdn2.thelineofbestfit.com/images/made/images/remote/http_cdn2.thelineofbestfit.com/media/2014/HowToDressWell-WhatIsThisHeart_535_535_c1.jpghttp://dis.resized.images.s3.amazonaws.com/540x540/98067.jpeg

That Kindess cover is pretty much the same as the Yumi Zouma one which I actually love. This one doesn't disgust me but I'll get bored pretty soon if this portrait cover becomes a bigger trend by the end of the year.

That said, FKA Twigs puts all the other portrait covers this year to shame and I doubt I'll see one I like better by the end of it.

https://twitter.com/marathonpacks/status/521080090566746112

^ portrait cover trend

http://abcnewsradioonline.com/storage/music-news-images/M_NeilDiamondMelodyRoad630_090914.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1410282161595

http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/236x/e7/e7/e5/e7e7e5ce26af675be7ee00c661d05888.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/p526x296/1959348_10152382195866581_5047232390811054828_n.jpg?oh=5d16e0b4e0d3a3d394ccb5d59561f0b9&oe=54BB50A7&__gda__=1422186411_8436c61bce513b16da83c4f32931583b
wizard rifle - here in the deadlights

Cool cover. Shame about the band name.

http://i57.tinypic.com/ve51ld.jpg

Juçara Marçal - Encarnado

(a free download of skronky/noisy Vanguarda Paulista)

http://i57.tinypic.com/ve51ld.jpg

reminds of the torch of the mystics artwork
,
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/37/Sun_City_Girls_Torch_of_the_Mystics.jpg
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3365/4641201644_03f34c9e8d.jpg

http://consequenceofsound.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/images_uploads_album_1500x1500.jpg

I'm into it.

I will fuck this up somehow

http://f1.bcbits.com/img/a0266143769_10.jpg

I didn't!

Sort of naff but kind of cool cover for Spectral Lore - III

egrettable

how many stoner/doom bands are kicking themselves at getting out-stoner/doomed by the Budos Band.

i assume that's an Arik Roper drawing? looks like it, though I'm sure there are plenty w/ the same style.

Sort of naff but kind of cool cover for Spectral Lore - III

That's great, actually, but I love when naff meets cool uptown at the Android's Dungeon.

Hey Moka, perhaps you can still help, which one is the album on the right of Hapiness is by Taking Back Sunday?

Wizard Rifle sounds like a 4Chan handle for an open carry activist.

xxxpost: I read that it's by their drummer.

http://www.rap-up.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/k-michelle-awbah-cover.jpg

(k. michelle - anybody wanna buy a heart?)

that Budos Band cover is ridiculously similar to Death Is This Communion by High On Fire

good artwork on doom metal albums are a dime a dozen it seems. can't tell whether i'm bored of them or if they still pay off for me

K. Michelle title reminds me too much of

https://sp.yimg.com/ib/th?id=HN.608028358545442203&pid=15.1&P=0

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51mJZRIUvoL._SX300_.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B2KHvlxIAAAW00t.jpg

Love all of this except the hideously fonted and coloured title.

^^ was abt this one:

http://images.fashionnstyle.com/data/images/full/50929/marina-and-the-diamonds.jpg

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

haha waht

cover is about as good as the album imo

otm

i don't think we've seen this piece of hot garbage in itt:

http://images.modlife.com.s3.amazonaws.com/custom/foofighters/assets/img/splash/sonichighways.jpg

and that city was called... America

Odd, when I was in Washington a couple of years ago, that obelisk momument didn't look quite that big...