got a cool 7" submission from NJ's Bloodtype. the front cover illustration was done by Scott Bentz, he did a pretty spot on job nailing the classic straight edge aesthetic. it almost looks like if Zorlac-era Pushead drew the dude from the Uniform Choice logo with his fist punching thru some piece of shit pot smokers' skull... that's actually pretty cool! shit, i'd rock a varsity jacket with that X'ed up fist on it...
the back panel is all type, hand written and really bold. the big painted X sells it for me....
these covers were 4 color offset printed and folded, not glued. there is also a 1 color full panel insert printed on the inside when you unfold the sleeve. as far as lyric sheets go, this one reads well, but feels a little stiff on the design side.
the A and B labels are excellent, might even be my favorite part of this layout! the A side has a nice graphic lock up with the song titles framed in a half circle of X's. very clean, very classy...
the B side is a rad illustration by Jay Jacoby of a typewriter where all the keys are X's. it's a little conceptually "cutesy", but done well enough for me to not really care about that...
there you have it, pretty cool record. you can pick this up from Cowabunga Records
The B-side label is the "Bloodtypewriter," a typewriter that types in blood, and types X's. Thanks for the write up.
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