I love the aesthetic of the homemade - the scratchy, do-it-yourself, oddball outsider stuff and I've been wondering why? Is it the feeling of honesty - that it's more human - it's attainable - spontaneous?
I'm a massive fan of lo-fi music and associated art... if I saw a record with a hand-drawn cover, 9 times out of 10 I could be sure it would be my thing. Looking at the artwork of these gems now - they haven't dated - they're timeless - as fresh today as they were 15 years ago and I've realized how much my creative output owes a great debt to the look of these classics bits of vinyl.
I'd love to see your favorite drawn covers - the ones that mean something to you (I can't get enough!) :)
okat December 17, 2009 @ 11:46 am
Easily one of my favorite drawn album covers is by The Shins, titled Wincing The Night Away. Check it: http://bit.ly/75XQF1
chrispiascik December 17, 2009 @ 12:19 pm
Wincing the Night Away is great. I love the other 2 Shins albums Jesse Ledoux illustrated, namely Chutes to Narrow. I also love the lettering on Neko Case's new album.
pugotto December 17, 2009 @ 2:05 pm
I have to say that Somebody Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin's album cover for Puzzle (drawn by Emma Bentley) is definitely one of my favs. http://tinyurl.com/yjzvyqz
Arya December 17, 2009 @ 2:05 pm
Iron & Wine and mewithoutYou both have really great covers too
uberkraaft December 17, 2009 @ 5:15 pm
Aw yeah, the Shins!! Of course :) - Chris that lettering is great http://www.nekocase.com/
uberkraaft December 17, 2009 @ 5:15 pm
Lisa, Arya .. yes and yes!!
polly December 18, 2009 @ 2:34 pm
Neutral Milk Hotel - In An Aeroplane Over The Sea http://scottfilkins.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/725f024128a06c961acf5010l.jpg you should take a listen too- beautiful, beautiful music too. the albums based about Anne Frank!
Zlur December 23, 2009 @ 8:35 pm
Any "Cramps" record cover pretty much rules.
December 28, 2009 @ 10:54 am
tortoise - TNT
SEZIO January 8, 2010 @ 11:01 pm
Joel P West has made some amazing hand crafted album covers for Oregon's own Norman (http://www.otherrivers.com/4/) and Ruth (http://www.otherrivers.com/2/)