The Hunna's debut album "The 100" consists of 16 alternative rock songs. The monochrome album cover features a marble effect and gold elements for contrast. While most albums list information on the spine, the album spine is kept simple with only the band and album name. The album includes a booklet with song lyrics and credits, as well as a message thanking fans. As a new band, The Hunna used social media extensively to build their fanbase and promote the release of their first album.
1. The Hunna – The 100
The entire creation of The Hunnas first and only album: ‘The 100’ is the
Hertfordshire bands debut album consisting of 16 alternative rock songs. The album
was released on the 28th August and has been designed in a monochrome theme
that is consistent throughout, this theme is accompanied with elements of gold
which combine together to create a really effective digipack with terrific colour
contrast. A marble effect has also been implemented to add texture and interest to
the cover, I like this style as its sophisticated and well presented.
Colour palette of the
albums front cover artwork.
The album spine is very simplistic. For the majority of albums released the spine is
generically where the catalogue number is located however The Hunna have gone
against the conventions of an average album design and have left the spine as
clear as possible. The only information on the spine is the band name and the
album name.
To the left is an open layout of the album. A four panel
digipack template has been used to create this album.
To add the disk has the same design as the front cover
artwork which I feel works really well. I also like how
the album has been signed which rarely happens
(Especially with mainstream artists/ bands)
2. The Hunna – The 100
‘The 100’ album front cover is actually a booklet that involves song lyrics to each
of the 16 songs, in addition to: Images of the band; crediting key people that
were involved in the production and post production of the music videos. For
example, the producer and the creative director. The booklet also contains a
summary of how grateful they are to their fans as a start-up band with their first
album recently released.
The back cover of the album is much darker than the front cover. I like this
contrast especially how the colour palette remains in a consistent monochrome
theme even though the colour shift. Another aspect which I like is the thin and
long barcode that has been centralised the same as the song names have been.
3. As The Hunna are a relatively new band t hat have only properly came into the light of
the music industry, they have very few magazine adverts (Assumedly due to financial
aspects) The Hunna however were highly active on social media. Primarily: Facebook,
Instagram and Twitter in addition to YouTube where they joined “The Hyve” which is a
music video channel dedicated to indie/ alternative music. “The Hyve” has a modest
128,945 subscribers and features hundreds, perhaps thousands of indie/ alternatives
songs and bands. The Hunna collectively used all the social media platforms to create a
major fan base which grows daily. The band regularly interacts with fans and frequently
updates them with the latest news regarding The Hunna. This was crucial when
releasing their first and only album: ‘The 100’
The Hunna – The 100