Sleigh Bells / Reign of Terror
The big record companies are struggling. Indie labels are struggling. The photographers, illustrators, and graphic designers who create album covers are NOT struggling. The music industry is an entirely different beast than it was a decade ago, but apparently musicians still believe in communicating what their album, as a whole, is all about with stunning visuals.
Music seems more disposable and forgettable than ever with apps like Spotify and Rdio. I mean, you have access to more than 15 MILLION songs if you fork over the $10 bucks a month for a Spotify membership — a far lesser cost than downloading individual songs and albums to iTunes. While this accessibility to music is amazing, it’s also overwhelming. We are being bombarded with more aural pleasure than we can possibly handle.
The beauty lies in the fact that we will stumble across tunes we love that may have not crossed our path without this technology. This, in turn, can lead us to finding our new favorite band (at least until we find our NEXT new favorite band). And then we will go to their concerts. And then we will buy their vinyl. Because vinyl is making a comeback. And then we will go home, put that record on like our forefathers did before there were 8-tracks and cassettes and cds and mp3s. We will once again experience what it’s like to be grounded in a room without earbuds and iPhones. To have to get up and flip the album. To listen from beginning to end, as the artist intended. To stare at the cover and read through the liner notes.
The XX / Coexist
XV / Popular Culture
- Shigeto / Lineage
Bat for Lashes / The Haunted Man
Scratch Massive / Nuit de Reve
Scissor Sisters / Magic Hour
Santigold / Master of My Make-Believe
Blur / Parklive
Nas / Life is Good
Laurel Halo / Quarantine
Ke$ha / Warrior
Gentleman Jesse / Leaving Atlanta
Fiona Apple / The Idler Wheel
Father John Misty / Fear Fun
Eprom / Metahuman
Brother Ali / Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color
Black Moth Super Rainbow / Cobra Juicy
Bat for Lashes / The Haunted Man
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May I suggest one of my own images to be the 20th? 🙂
http://lucattelli.com/downloads/HHS.jpg
The BBC are currently running a series of prgrams looking at the golden age of the album, so are we getting nostalgic for the album sleeve. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qhn70
So are we missing are album art? following the words in the album sleeve while listening to the whole album? Gleening every last fact from the album notes?
Do we need more from downloads or do we go back buying ‘physical’ music. Or is it too late with the loss of HMV from our high street?
Great piece Chase
Thank you.