Similar Bands and their Digipak Covers

I have had a look at several different digipak covers for different bands and have decided that the majority of the time for genres like ours of indie/rock the digipak covers will not relate to anything on the album or will use shots from one of the tracks music video or imagery from one lyric or will use/create a band identity so that they are easily recognisable.

A great example of a digipak not relating to anything is this one by the rumble strips. However the images presented are how the band want to be viewed; with the stained vest showing his chest coupled with the scary sharp toothed dog creates a 'tough guy' image. Which fits in with their video 'Not the Only Person' (shown below)


In this video the main protagonist defeats a large amount of thugs with a magical woman who emerges from his chest so the tough image fits in thus creating an identity for the band as young tough and experimental.

This Razorlight cover from what I can tell has little or nothing to do with any of their music videos, but instead is a collage of random everyday items like keys and memories. This could fit in with the title 'Up All Night' as this could be the memories or it could represent the chaos caused by being up all night. The title of the album tend to be the debut song/video and in this case it is. The picture of the lead singer in the television screen is a good way to advertise the band through the primary figure who everyone will recognise.

This album cover by The Rakes is very interesting it took me 10 minutes to figure out that what appears to be random shapes actually reads as 'Klang' which is the German word for sound. This album does not have any pictures of the artist on it but it has created a band image (as you can see below) that can be repeated effectively using different forms and colours. This does show the fact that parallel lines and block colours are very popular in the fashion of album covers at the moment.

This is why I think that using block colour imagery on my album cover will appeal to the modern consumer market.

I love this album cover as it uses patterns within patterns which also fits in with the title of 'Perfect Symmetry' and follows the fashion of straight lines and block colours. The inventiveness of the design including triangles of facial features made out of what seems to be a collage adds an extra dimesion to the pattern and makes the cover more interesting. The font is also really interesting and has a russian hint with an original shaped E.

Overall looking at these digipak covers has given me some ideas of what to use in me own digipak production:

• Block colour
• Russian text
• Named after the debut song
• A colour pattern/style