Bastille - Bad Blood
Alt-J - An Awesome Wave
The 1975 - The 1975
The Neighbourhood - I Love You
Kodaline - High Hopes
The Front and Back cover
The 1975: The 1975
By having a simple CD cover it is very effective and allows focus on the main aspects of the album like the title and track list as there is nothing to distract away from it. It also enhances how the band are serious about their music.
Alt-J: An Awesome Wave
Bastille: Bad Blood
This album cover is very different from Alt-J,The Neighbourhood and The 1975 as it actually has a picture of a band member.
Kodaline: In a Perfect World
Kodaline challenges conventions of 'Indie Rock' CD covers as it is high-key lighting on the front cover as the rest have low-key lighting.
The Neighbourhood: I Love You
Overall, the typical elements shown on the front of the album covers have been, low key lighting to create some form of enigma, white writing for titles and track lists and the track lists are typically the main focus on the back cover of the CD as there is not much surrounding them and there isn't really anything taking away the attention from it. There is also typically just some form of pattern, and no band members/artists. There is also typically the album title and band/artists name on the front cover, with the exception of a few. Also the front cover seems to have more things going on on it like pictures etc... more than the back cover of the CD, this is down to the fact they want to attract an audience/buyer. Isolation also seems to be a theme on the album covers as most things are framed alone, or there is not much occurring or going on. This matches the key theme in the music videos of the 'Indie Rock' genre of isolation.
The inside album cover
Bastille: Bad Blood
Kodaline: In a Perfect World
Alt-J: An Awesome Wave
The Neighbourhood: I Love You
The 1975: The 1975
Overall, majority of the time, the inside album cover has the same colour scheme as the front cover. This is good as it is consistent and one can see that it is all part of the same colour as it would look weird if, for example, 'The 1975' had a black front cover but the inside cover was bright yellow, or just a bright colour in general. Some have the picture of the band but some do not, it depends on the album and the ones that do have an image of the band, it goes well, it does not look out of place. But, even if there are hardly any images, it is still effective and works well. I have noticed that most of these inside covers have a simple design or layout and nothing too extravagant. Also, the images that are used match the album name, for instance, 'The 1975' is a self titled album and by including an image of the band 'The 1975' it matches, and one can form an image in their head of who the band are whenever they hear, 'The 1975'. This is the same as 'Kodaline: In a Perfect World' as the image looks tranquil, serene and perfect, matching the title. White and dark colours are a dominant colour that is used a lot in these inside covers, this enables one to know that it is part of the 'Indie Rock' genre. Out of all of them, the 'Bastille' inside cover looks the most out of place from its front cover, as the only thing that really matches is the sepia tone. Alt-J seems out of place also, but it works really well as, if there was the same pattern on the inside there would not be much attention focused on the booklet and there would be too much in your face.
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