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permalink Here’s the very… ummm… “social” cover of Broken Social Scene’s long-awaited fourth LP Forgiveness Rock Record. Looks like we have a boat, some buildings and a few weird inverted clouds. Also, somewhere in that crowd of people, it appears the lost Ark of the Covenant has been opened. “Don’t look Marion. Whatever you do, don’t open your eyes!” Listen to “World Sick” — a killer pre-release track from the album — right here. Forgiveness Rock Record lands in the New World on May 4.

Here’s the very… ummm… “social” cover of Broken Social Scene’s long-awaited fourth LP Forgiveness Rock Record. Looks like we have a boat, some buildings and a few weird inverted clouds. Also, somewhere in that crowd of people, it appears the lost Ark of the Covenant has been opened.

“Don’t look Marion. Whatever you do, don’t open your eyes!”

Listen to “World Sick” — a killer pre-release track from the album — right here. Forgiveness Rock Record lands in the New World on May 4.

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Album Art of 2009

This is long overdue, but a promise is a promise…

My favorite album art of 2009 (There’s no particular rhyme or reason to this. Just the covers that sparked the most conversations with my artistically inclined friends):

Hazards of Love

Bay of Pigs


Ambivalence Avenue

It's Blitz!

Unmap


Bromst

Bitte Orca

Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free

Aryton Senna


Don't Stop

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permalink UPDATE: The Flaming Lips are streaming “Embryonic” via Colbert Nation from today, September 16, until Monday, September 21. I’ve listened through twice and I can attest to its mind-melting awesomeness. Do have a listen. I know it’s early, but I’m going to go ahead and call it. The Flaming Lips win the 2009 Magical Mystery Tour Award for Most Inexplicable Album Art for their upcoming (reportedly utterly schizo) double-LP Embryonic. I’m trying to figure out what’s going on here. Is this Michael J. Fox getting stuffed during the basketball game at the end of Teen Wolf? Father Merrin casting demons out of a bearded Natalie Portman? Benicio Del Toro as The Wolfman? Someone explain it to me. I’m starting to freak out.

UPDATE: The Flaming Lips are streaming “Embryonic” via Colbert Nation from today, September 16, until Monday, September 21. I’ve listened through twice and I can attest to its mind-melting awesomeness. Do have a listen.

I know it’s early, but I’m going to go ahead and call it. The Flaming Lips win the 2009 Magical Mystery Tour Award for Most Inexplicable Album Art for their upcoming (reportedly utterly schizo) double-LP Embryonic.

I’m trying to figure out what’s going on here. Is this Michael J. Fox getting stuffed during the basketball game at the end of Teen Wolf? Father Merrin casting demons out of a bearded Natalie Portman? Benicio Del Toro as The Wolfman? Someone explain it to me. I’m starting to freak out.

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permalink Does anyone else think the cover of Jay-Z’s upcoming The Blueprint 3 looks kind of familiar?

Does anyone else think the cover of Jay-Z’s upcoming The Blueprint 3 looks kind of familiar?

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permalink While it’s shaping up to be a banner year for weird indie bands making great pop music, 2009 hasn’t been the best for album art. Sure, Dirty Projectors’ Bitte Orca looked pretty sharp with its two-color/Flickr logo-esque/inkblot design. And Grizzly Bear’s Veckatimest made tapestry cool with the kids for a while. But overall there have been many more misses (I’m talking to you, Animal Collective) than hits. Which is probably why I can’t stop staring at the cover of Delorean’s Ayrton Senna EP. I’m not sure what’s going on here, but it’s gorgeous. Natural setting + unnatural subject gets me every time.

While it’s shaping up to be a banner year for weird indie bands making great pop music, 2009 hasn’t been the best for album art. Sure, Dirty Projectors’ Bitte Orca looked pretty sharp with its two-color/Flickr logo-esque/inkblot design. And Grizzly Bear’s Veckatimest made tapestry cool with the kids for a while. But overall there have been many more misses (I’m talking to you, Animal Collective) than hits.

Which is probably why I can’t stop staring at the cover of Delorean’s Ayrton Senna EP. I’m not sure what’s going on here, but it’s gorgeous. Natural setting + unnatural subject gets me every time.

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