![]() If you're a dude named Cary Pratt, calling your musical project "Prairie Cat" is a nice little bit of subtle wordplay. Matisyahu is known to mash up genres and styles, and the artwork on his latest release evokes everything from LAN parties and meth labs to half-empty raves in rural BC. On her seventh studio album, Juana Molina finally answers the question, "What if a complex Argentinian folk pop release were ruined with imagery that looks like it's from a rejected Mighty Boosh bit?"Īnnie Clark's latest provides commentary on the male gaze and the commodification of sexuality in showbiz, but with this many clashing hues, it just feels like we're getting mooned by Fran Drescher. (Basically, she tells you you're a dweeb for liking spaced-out prog metal.) If you get too high and watch a Fruitopia commercial, this multicolour space goddess appears and answers all of your deepest existential questions. Coffee is part of breakfast! Hell, for some of us coffee is our entire breakfast. We will, however, judge them for calling their album Before Breakfast, then pairing it with an album cover that sees them sitting around the breakfast table enjoying some coffee. Nor will we judge them for having a garish traffic light in their kitchen. We're not gonna judge this bluegrass band for looking like a bunch of real estate agents - that's their prerogative. We never thought we'd say this to a member of Korn, but Fieldy - you've got to tone it down a bit. ![]() Then someone drew a bunch of black lines to look like bass strings all over the damn thing. Bassically sees him stylize his name with a bass clef while spelling out its pun-heavy title on the fret board. The album's got songs like "Bass Invaders" and "I Wuv Bass Man," but string slappa Fieldy had a field day with his album cover, too. So we just have to let him exist, bulging bronze muscles and all.Ĭornball alt-rockers Fastball have attempted to find the way back into American pop culture, but their latest album looks like one of those unauthorized downtempo mixes you stumble upon in the deepest recesses of Apple Music. Like, we don't even want to make fun of him, because he's clearly basking in the glory of his accomplishment. The hardest part about this collage is that the buff clown man looks so proud of himself. NPR says the album contains hints of R&B, but does it also have the classic metalcore breakdowns promised by this cover art? The Indigo Girls frontwoman helps us imagine what it would be like if Converge's Jacob Bannon made album art for middling folk rockers. Jesus, we get that you're trying to show just how hated you are but you could've communicated that a lot more clearly if you emphasized literally any other word of the title other than "the." Also, why did you hold up the money so that it looks like a bunch of zero-dollar bills? ![]() When you want people to know you're complex and artsy - and also that you have a wicked hankering for some waffles. Read on for the 20 worst album covers of the year, and stay tuned tomorrow for Exclaim!'s Best Albums of 2017 lists, by genre.Įxclaim!'s 20 Worst Album Covers of 2017: From boring babies to bestiality, these abysmal sights cannot be unseen. A whole lot of music happened in 2017 and with it, of course, were a whole lot of album covers ranging from the overly elaborate (ahem, Father John Misty) to the barely trying (ahem, JAY-Z).īut we're not here to dissect pretentiousness or mediocrity instead, we've done a deep dig to unearth the very worst visuals this year's albums had to offer. ![]()
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