2. Grindie
The Grindie is a fairly new genre and emerged
in 2006. Bands are now being formed fitting
this genre of music, rather then using
computers and mc-ing there are using the
traditional format of a rock band.
In this powerpoint I’ll be looking at bands
from the same genre a noting similarities and
differences of album covers from this genre.
3. Does it Offend You Yeah?
Similarly to Hadouken! Does it Offend You Yeah?
Features their name in a graffiti style writing. This
seems to be a typical feature of bands of this genre.
Meaning we may need to consider designing a similar
way of writing their name for our album cover. Another
feature of their album covers is a image that dominates
the cover making it the main focus of the cover. It also
has some relevance to the songs featured on the album.
However it rare that you see both an image and writing
together so we’ll have to decide whether we’d rather
have an image or writing .The colours used on both
these covers are electric and bold reflecting the fast
paced, energetic music on the album. Both covers have
a darker background helping the colours stand out
against the background making the covers exciting and
interesting to look at. The main image, writing it
situated in the middle of the cover making it the main
focal point.
4. Klaxons
Klaxons never feature in their album covers and prefer to use a
image which is usually arty and has some relation to the songs on
the album. A similar convention throughout these album covers is
that a star isn’t present perhaps suggesting that they want to be
known for their music rather than a star and that they all have an
equal part in their music.
I think their album covers are very successful as they are
interesting and would catch the eye in a shop making the
purchaser go over. All of the bands in this genre design a specific
font and design which their name is written in which is unique to
them. This is something we need to look into doing for our album.
5. Linkin Park
Linkin Park are the only band that feature in one of their
album covers which creates a boy band image which none of
the others have. Rather than using people most bands of this
genre would create a cartoon style version. However many of
their other album covers look like they’ve been stenciled
adding to the grungy street feel this music style has. The
second album cover however looks quite aggressive.
6. Gym Class Heroes
Gym Class Heroes have similarly to Linkin Park and
have used a stencil effect on their album covers. The
cover at the top is closest to what we are hoping to
achieve with our album however the font style isn’t
as typical to the other album covers.
