My analysis of Arcade Fires Album cover.

1. Arcadefire is an indie/alternative band. Funeral is the debut studio album by the Canadian indie rock band Arcade
Fire, released on September 14, 2004 in North America. Its name was given for the album title of ‘Funeral’ because
severalband members had recently lost members of their families, this shown through the negative and dark
coloured font. I believe the concept of their band digipak was to convey their emotions the use of the quill pen
shows connotations of elegance and resembles the respect they have for their lost one, also the quill pen is from
use of the older years, thereforeconnotations of this is them remising fromthe past, reliving the past, memories
to entice. Also, the song titles are placed over a death certificates suggesting there songs haverelations to the
deaths fromtheir families, showing their grievance. The feather on the quill pen show connotations of peace and
resembles doves, religious connotations of love and peace showing respectfor their losses. Also, the Black Hand
and the prickled thorns on the CD show emotive of the dead and the life-less rose branch connotes darkness and
death and misery, the dying of naturefrom the and the black hand show loss of life. Linking them into death and
loss, capturing the audience as the loss of loved ones, represents the sadness as there is no colours. The
connection of nature, the nature of life and loss and the nature of the dying rosebranches show connection to the
indie genre and indie is related to nature and earth.
The colours used for the background
create a contrastof the emotive language
and design (font and dark images of rose
and hand) as the orange background
makes the digipak stand out and to
highlight their images, as the connotations
of orangeis fire which leads into the
burning flames resembling the pain of the
losses and the glow and the warmth from
the fire show light for future. Also, the
orangecolour relates to neutral, warming
colours for the coming of hope, and
emphasises the ideology and meaning
behind the album.
The font is bold and
written in the style of
medieval fonts.
Relating back to
remising on the past
and the olden style
shows this and, reliving
their memories. Also,
the fontis written in
black showing the dark
and depths of their
emotions as the
connotations of black
is death and darkness.
Also, the band name is
written at the bottom
of the digipak showing
how they are less
important than their
loved ones who they
have lost, however by
using the bold font
attract the audience
and the black colour of
the fontis resembling
the emotions which
are portrayed in indie
songs as they lyrics are
meaningful.