It hasn’t been a great year either musically or for standout album cover designs. As the year draws to a close, lots of sites are beginning to list their best designs for 2009, here are some local releases whose designs really stood out to me over the last 12 months.
An Horse: Not Really Scared – Artwork Laith McGregor,
Design Celeste Potter
Leader Cheetah: The Sunspot Letters – Artwork Jeremy Piert
Little Birdy: Confetti – Cover Simon Ozolins
Mum Smokes: House Music – Artwork Mark Rodda
Phrase: Clockwork – Artwork The Fad Experiment
Lost Valentinos: Serio – Artwork Jonathan Zawada
Shady Lane: Here We Go Down The Black Hole –
Artwork We Buy Your Kids
Crayon Fields: All The Pleasures Of The World – Artwork ?
Lisa Mitchell: Here Wonder – Artwork Mathematics
Fabulous Diamonds: 7 Songs – Cover Karl Scullin
The Leader Cheetah artwork is by Adelaide artist Jeremy Piert – check him out http://www.jeremypiert.com