Updated on: 26 July, 2021 11:32 AM IST |
12 quirky album art of 2015
Mumbai based post rock group A Mutual Question made way for their dreamy album Strangeloop this year. The five track album has art done by Aaquib Wani. Doused in two tones red and grey, the cover features a looped-in staircase rendering a simple and sleek look and feel.
Esmond Lamas debut album Two and Two is Four!? illustrates contradictory circumstances people are often party to. The album cover is an illustration depicting the emotional highs and lows we all go through. With a man holding the guitar, the design intricacies of the wings add all the quirk.
The bands 7th studio album, No Wall Too High is TAAQs foremost collaborative concept album. Overlapping with the German reunification post the fall of the Berlin Walls 25th anniversary, the ten track album backdrops on division between the powerful and powerless, lovers, past and present, ideology and reality, young and old and memory and truth. While the bands blog too questions the presence of an old man on the cover, time will sure tell its significance. But the white backdrop featuring a man sure makes for a good one.
Famed for his performances with the jazz ensemble Aditya Balani Group, the man has now donned the hat of a singer-songwriter with his latest EP Constants and Variables. Hovering around subjects like passion, regret and life, the four track EP revolves around peoples struggle to do their very best. The thought has been captured in the form of a humble illustration by Shambhavi Thakur.
A desi lass decked up in her quintessential desi avatar makes way for the quirky cover of Nucleyas latest album Bass Rani. Heavy on bass, the man -Udyan Sagar has mixed Mumbai street music, Punjabi folk and Tamil kuthu elements with power-packed electronic beats for the album. Now that explains the cover!
Mumbais alternative rock band Spud In The Box launched the first single Manic from their upcoming album - Lead Feet Paper Shoes. The quirky album cover is sure an eye catcher designed by Mira Malhotra and assisted by Nehar Apte.
Chandigarhs hit rock group The Local Train launched their debut album Aalas ka pedh this year. With the band taking over 3 years to bring the album to life, Aalas Ka Pedh stands as an apt title; an analogy that rightly fans out in the album cover too. Depicting aalas -laziness as quasi evil, the cover showcases a mans bare back with an arid tree.
Delhi-based percussive guitarist Dhruv Visvanath launched his debut album, Orion under Vishal Dadlanis label VLT. Titled after the renowned constellation, the album has an extensive mix of 15 tracks. It illustrates the story of Orions battle with Gods for freedom of his family and how he became a constellation. The cover sports modern art imagery of a bow and arrow executed by Prashast Thapan.
Singer-songwriter Prateek Kuhad has gone ahead giving a personal touch to the cover of his latest EP, In Tokens & Charms. The cover showcasing Prateeks prized possessions- two photographs, a Polaroid camera, a yo-yo and a letter amongst others embodies each song from the album. Needless to say, it was taken by the artiste himself.
Delhi based rock band Barefaced Liar launched a single Mind Over Matter this year. As per the band, the song showcases a modern edge with dynamic guitars and a solid rhythm that guarantees to strike in full form. Well, that sure explains the cover design.
With his modern-day club hits and underground soundscape, DJ Su Real recently launched his latest E.P. Brown Folks. The covers quirky art features brown toned people from this side of the world best showcasing the Indian diaspora. An ode to the music pioneers from the subcontinent, the albums artwork is executed by Pulak Bhatnagar.
From doodles to modern art to avant-grade to vintage, album cover designs have sure evolved in the past. Heres bringing you some of 2015s cool and quirky album art.
