GHOSTLIGHT'S ALBUM AND EP COVERS

I have decided to look at Ghostlight’s album covers as I thought that it might give me some inspiration when coming to think up ideas for our digipaks. It has allowed me to think of ways that we could link our song to the digipak and also other songs that could be displayed on the digipak.

Ghostlight’s album and EP contrast each other as ‘Somersaults’ gives a suggestion to the genre through the use of the desaturation effect as it is stereotypically seen as part of the indie or alternative rock genre. This album contrasts the EP as it does not provide a band signature and so there is no continuity that runs through the albums, as the fonts are both different as well as the layout. The font is both bold yet slightly subtle as it is a large font size and it is slightly hidden by the bright background. It gives a slight sense of loneliness which could link to the theme or mood of the songs.

 

Whereas, the EP ‘Photographs’ creates a link between the image and the title of the EP as the Polaroid frames the band and so they appear prominent within the frame. The font also appears quite prominent as the black contrasts the white and so it looks quite bold. Often something is written on the bottom of Polaroids and so ‘Photographs’ could be in a handwritten font to imply this. The fact that none of the band members are looking directly at the camera gives a sense of mystery as you can’t see their faces properly and so there is a slight hint of a band signature but like the album there is no full star image. Although from their clothing we could possibly get an idea of the genre as their clothing suggests that they are an indie band.

I think that these album covers are both interesting and so they could both be ideas that can be incorporated within our digipak such as the desaturated image of the landscape and also the idea of having the band in the Polaroid image.