Art 4 Punks!: All Pigs Must Die

a few months back, all pigs must die released this LP on Southern Lord... once again, they enlisted the help of florian bertmer to handle the visuals. the front cover boldly features his beautifully meticulous line work that he has become so well known for. i really like the wavy line work he used to create the background, it creates a nice feeling of depth and movement....

this is a gatefold jacket printed on a heavy uncoated cover stock, and for whatever reason, it feels very substantial when you are holding it in your hand. it has nice weight to it and also just generally feels well constructed and sturdy.

the back cover art is a little underwhelming. don't get me wrong, it looks great... it's just not really grabbing me as an awesome panel. it looks as though only a small section of this piece was illustrated and then that was digitally repeated to form the art. again, nothing wrong with doing that, but if feels like a bit of a missed opportunity given the enormous talent he has for originally detailed renderings. i do really like the blown out and over saturated old english typeface that he used for the song titles...

here is a shot of the gatefold opened up to reveal the lyric sheet. left panel is a tie-back to the back cover art, the right panel is all lyrics. i like the typesetting here, everything is very clearly organized and looks good while delivering the information in an easy to read manner...