Being the designer type, I love it when an album cover successfully sets the mood for the music. To be honest, that’s probably the main reason I still buy physical CDs. There’s just something exciting about seeing an album cover for the first time and then imagining what the music could sound like. Even when I already know a band or an album, I always remember the cover art and my initial impression on subsequent listens.
Anyway, these designs by Studio Paris Wakefield for a Joy Division box set are about as good as it gets in my opinion. I’m especially loving that cover for “Love Will Tear Us Apart”.