here's to saying a lot with a little, the brand new The Shirks lp came in as a submission from Grave Mistake Records this past month, and it's a nice example of a simple yet bold record design. for cover art, we have a crudely cut out and heavily distorted image accompanied with a simple hand-written typeface. it may not be groundbreaking but it reads clean and very "classic punk" to me, and for that i like it....
these covers are factory printed and glued on standard issue jackets. although these jackets were printed black and white, creating inverted color compositions with the back and front covers was a great way to raise the sophistication level of the overall package. the back panel follows the same graphic theme of the front cover by relying on a central over sized and highly distorted image to fill the space and leaving the type as an accent. song titles and liner notes are typed out with an actual typewriter and kept to their confined spaces...
the A and B label art is the same bizarre image on both sides, and i am guessing there is a really great inside joke about it ...
anyway, really cool release! be sure to check it out...
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