Indie album covers

1. INDIE CDCOVERS

2. Unlike most pop artists in the album covers above, indie album covers
often tend to neverhave the actual artist(s) in the coveritself. They are
usually made up of graphic art/design. Many are just blackand white like
theirmusic videos

3. Mid-shot: Lana Del Rey has
a certain ‘starimage’ and
presents herself similarin all
of heralbumcovers. She has
a dated/vintage lookwhich
makes heran individual
artist compared to others.
Herstarimage also matches
hermusic.
Name of the artist is
clearand bold
Solo artists tend to feature
on album covers compared
to indie bands as solo artists
are centre of attention and
the albumis about them
only.
Name of the album

4. Name of the artist is
clearand bold.
Stereotypical indie
rockhairstyle.
Blackand white tones to
match some of his videos
and to represent his style of
music which is a 60’s rock
theme.
Collarfolded up to
represent his type of
characterwith him
growing up in
Nottingham.
Blackthickbordercan
be seen as quite quirky
and weird which is why
he is considered a
‘individual’ artist.

5. The bands name is
clear and bold in
capitals. The font is
quite simple but has a
stamped effect
almost.
The photos have a
desaturated effect to
connote a 60’s vibe.
The 4 mid-shots
of the band are
all symmetrical as
they are looking
the same
direction.
Facial expressions are
stern/serious which indicates an
emotional attitude associated
with indie music.
Blocksolid border
(similar to Jake
Bugg’s) which is
simple yet quirky.
All have basic
casual clothing
on rather than
fancy outfits –
shows they are
laid backand
not to
concerned
with their ‘star
image’.
The colours used connote
‘art’ as their music genre
is indie rockand art rock.

6. Each photograph of the band members has a different facial
expression which shows their individuality/personality. The photos
express what kind of people they are as individuals as well as a band.
The photos are quite dark
and have a trashy flash
effect which fits the ‘party’
theme which is being
presented.
It has a similar layout to
Everything Everything’s
albumcover as there are 4
photos of each band member
in each corner.
The background image
looks like confetti which
the band are surrounded by
which carries on the fun
theme.
The font again is in capitals and
is bold and basic. This reflects
most indie band’s font choice as
they tend to have simple ‘star
images’.
They are dressed quite smart in shirts and ties but at the
same time lookfun. This could be part of their ‘star
image’ in this particularalbum.

7. Many indie album covers are illustrated/studio based and are simplistic. They either
contain a lot of bright colours orpastel tones. A lot of the albums send enigma codes
and create a sense of mystery which could be a USPfortheirfans.