Sqwink Album Art Blog

I’m not saying that CD cover designs should convey an accurate visual rendition of a particular tracks’ lyrics, but the new Young Knives single sleeve has bemused me.

These are the lyrics to the chorus:

fake rabbit real snake
terra firma, terra firma
fake rabbit real snake
terra firma, terra firma

…all well and fine…but why on Earth - or Terra Firma, as the case may be, has the designer produced an image of a real rabbit and real snake?

It’s as though this is how the design brief went:

Young Knives: Hay Mr. Graphic Designer, please design our new CD cover for Terra Firma.
Designer: Yeah, I can see it’s got something to do with snakes and rabbits. I’ll get straight on it.

I think this design is a perfect example of lack of communication of what a design should be all about, as I see it anyway. It’s not a bad design, just a misguided one! It reminds me of Interpol’s new album cover for ‘Our Love to Admire’ [read my review here]…I hope this ‘National Geographic’ style isn’t becoming a design trend.

So, are the Young Knives fakes? No…but the rabbit should be!

I’m not saying that CD cover designs should convey an accurate visual rendition of a particular tracks’ lyrics, but the new Young Knives single sleeve has bemused me.

These are the lyrics to the chorus:

fake rabbit real snake
terra firma, terra firma
fake rabbit real snake
terra firma, terra firma

…all well and fine…but why on Earth - or Terra Firma, as the case may be, has the designer produced an image of a real rabbit and real snake?

It’s as though this is how the design brief went:

Young Knives: Hay Mr. Graphic Designer, please design our new CD cover for Terra Firma.
Designer: Yeah, I can see it’s got something to do with snakes and rabbits. I’ll get straight on it.

I think this design is a perfect example of lack of communication of what a design should be all about, as I see it anyway. It’s not a bad design, just a misguided one! It reminds me of Interpol’s new album cover for ‘Our Love to Admire’ [read my review here]…I hope this ‘National Geographic’ style isn’t becoming a design trend.

So, are the Young Knives fakes? No…but the rabbit should be!