Masshysteri - S/T Lp...

Sweden's Masshysteri did it again.... another top notch LP both musically as well as visually! this record came out earlier this year and i have been meaning to take pics for quite a while now, but hey, better late than never....

similar to their first lp, masshysteri went photo-real with their cover art, except this time it's a single image instead of a collage. i really like the consistency of their 3 releases in that regard.... it's always nice to see bands thinking about the look of their catalog as a whole when coming up with new art. all that aside, this is a pretty iconic photograph and makes for some classic looking record art. these jacket were beautifully printed on a thick uncoated chipboard stock and are cut / glued sleeves....

the back cover has a really nice feel to it, it almost reminds me on an X record in tone. so you've got a rad little hand drawn pattern as a background, layer on a band photo and then some hand written song titles over top, frame the whole image inside a thick black line.... instant composition! it actually has a level of personality that almost comes across as a page from an artist journal....

pull out the vinyl to find a full color printed dust sleeve with rounded corners. on one side you have a nicely layered full spread photo collage, which adds to the journalistic feel of the back cover art. most of these images look like they were ripped right out of the pages of their tour diary, but there are also a few live shots worked into the layout as well....

flip it over for a full lyric sheet of typewriter set lyrics assembled just haphazardly enough to look rad yet still retain their function. lots of great inconsistencies and mistakes in there, i always love that in a lyric sheet....

classy A and B labels seal the deal... check out that off-black / off-white color combo!

you can get this from Feral Ward directly...