Anyone who’s either an avid fan of Radiohead or just an occasional listener will not be at all shocked by their latest album artwork for In Rainbows.
Im not quite sure what the background image is, nor what it’s of (although it does look like a child in the womb). The album cover has got the whole typeface “thought-provoking-type-setting” thing going on as well.
It reminds me of the Manic Street Preachers cover art for “Know Your Enemy” - and Garbage used similar typography for their 2005 album “Bleed Like Me“. It seems to me that there’s a sort of typography trend going at the moment geared towards this style.
The one thing the viewer can directly relate to, though, is the fact that it’s called In Rainbows…and the RADIO_HEAD & IN RAINBOWS type is multi-colored! Overall though, this album cover is not by any means great because of the image, rather it’s great because it represents Radioheads’ progressive music, which both matures and transcends into varied sounds and genres on every album release. For this, a 7/10 rating does the job justice.
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