4. On the other hand, I have noticed that all of the images used on the cover are squares or cubes which could have relevance to the name of the album because each of the shapes have clear angles.
5. The Strokes have chosen to not include an image of themselves on the cover which after doing some research appears to be quite conventional for the genre of indie / indie- rock. I think this idea works better because you can experiment more and don’t have to stick to one image.
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8. At first it does appear to be really random, but if you look inside the text that the bands name has been written in, a map has filled it and what looks like a coast in America. As well as this, the image is set on a beach. Both of these ideas match the bands name ‘Best Coast’.
9. The back of the casing continues with the coast setting so it shows some continuity and it’s not all disjuncture.
10. It looks like the text has been written in Courier New and is perfectly left aligned which isn’t a very common font to write in so once again it gives the band a uniqueness about them. I like the way the track listing has been set out so I think I might use the idea for my final DigiPak.
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14. The only negative about this album cover is I fear the lack of colour used will cause it to not stand out on shelves in shops when placed next to other albums that use eye catching features like bright colours, unique images and big text.
15. A good feature used on this cover is the bands logo. Using such an unusual font in the colour yellow on a black background does help you immediately see who’s album it is.
16. Having the image taken in what appears to be a council estate area is very unconventional for a mainstream pop band, hip hop stars or other genres- so with the originality of where the picture is taken comes the idea of a unique band which are normally classed under ‘indie’.
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19. I really like the choice of image they have used because it matches with the name of the album. The word ‘nightmare’ has connotations of big scare creatures that are intimidating and dark colours. I then think they have cleverly changed this to ‘favourite worst’ nightmare by using bright colours to make the creatures appear less scary. It shows a good contrast.
20. The second idea I like about this is if you didn’t see the front cover and looked straight inside you’d never know the album belonged to the Arctic Monkeys because their name and images of the band aren’t used. I have found this is quite conventional for this genre.
