Manipulation from chicago just recently released their 2nd ep on Sorry State Records, and there are some consistent themes of dark and abstract imagery being carried over from their first ep to this record. this time they chose a single shot of a burning building as their cover image, and in lieu of typical branding on the cover, a simple piece of red cardstock was then folded around the side of the record for identity.
back cover follows the same idea from the cover.... keep the photo of the destruction nice and big and then utilize your folded tag for all the info. i suppose we could classify the letraset type as a carried over theme as well, since that was their approach to typography on their previous release as well.
a single sheet, double sided insert evokes a very different emotion with the photograph they chose on the art side. in a way, this photo actually makes the cover images even more powerful when you think about them in the context of this photo....
on the flipside, we have a nicely arranged lyric sheet ordered to the center. the negative black spacing on the sides is a little curious. on one hand it kinda feels like a mistake or something, but then again i kinda like it....
standard issue A and B labels, i think it's time to change these things out Sorry State....
pretty sure you can still grab this from Sorry State directly....
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