The document summarizes key aspects and conventions found in album cover designs across several alternative rock albums. It notes that most covers use simple, dark color palettes prominently featuring black and white. Text and imagery on the covers is also typically simple, focusing on a single object or element. Back covers then mirror the front visually and list the album's songs. Overall, the designs establish conventions for the genre through their understated and moody aesthetic that matches the lyrical themes of heartbreak.

1. Mumford and Sons –
Wilder Mind
Arctic Monkeys – Suck It
and See
Catfish and the Bottlemen
– The Balcony
The Kooks – Inside In the
Inside Out
SOAK – Before We Forgot
How To Dream
SWMRS – Drive North Blink – 182 - Always Halsey - Badlands

5. What have I learnt from these designs?
I researched into artists that I believed were a similar subgenre to my own, as well
as this I researched into those around the general genre to get a wider
understanding of album covers. One aspect I noticed within most of the albums
was the simplicity and use of dark or primary colours promoting the simplicity.
Seeming to create a convention of the genre.
The use of the black and whites used throughout the covers makes them dark yet
pure, reflecting much on the genre due to lyrics within most songs focussing on
heartbreak. This also creating a convention within the genre.
Thirdly, I notices the simplicity in design focusing on either just words, people or
objects, each having one stand out object within each. For example, the mouth in
the Drive North album, or the bench in the Wilder Mind album.
Finally, the back covers use similar imagery to that used on the fronts, showing
consistency. They also consist mostly of just the songs from the album and possibly
textured images showcased on the front cover.