Sqwink Album Art Blog

I looked on the iTunes Store today, and noticed a couple of new album covers with two distinct, poler opposite approaches to their album art.

Firstly, I saw the sleeve for I want you to know that there is always hope by I Was A Cub Scout (below), and remembered thinking how unimaginative and boring it was—yet I do like some of their creative music!

Second, I stumbled across the album artwork for The Feelings’ Join With US album, despite the fact I’m not a fan of their music (below), I was still rather impressed with their album cover (I’m not saying that I should like the music of a band to like their album art—I’m just merely pointing out the irony here, lol). There’s clearly been a lot of thought put into this artwork; it’s commendable that some bands clearly acknowledge the importance of this visual medium.

The feeling and I Was A Cub Scout are relatively new bands, and, as can be seen in the images, have vastly different aspirations when it comes to marketing their music. Well done to The Feeling, woe to the Scouts!

This is the latest album art I have done for a band named Undiscovered, an Idie/Rock band from Northern England. The image below shows the four pages of the CD Booklet:

The music for this album is based around love and hurt. They approached me with a basic idea of what they wanted—with the ‘upside-down’ heart being the centre-piece of the entire design.

You can also view the complete design of the CD album artwork on my portfolio on the main Sqwink site. If you like this album art, or have a positive/negetive opinion on it, please feel free to leave a comment.

Post by Andrew Kelsall BA, Sqwink Music CD Design