The document analyzes several indie album covers. It notes that they typically have simple, minimalist designs that focus on the band name and logo in plain fonts. This emphasizes the music over the artists' images. The album covers mainly use black and white with occasional splashes of color. They maintain continuity across the front and back covers as well as in the spine. The goal is a clean, easy-to-read presentation that lets the music be the central focus.

1. Album Analysis

2. Basic band logo in a
bold and clear font type,
it is also in black to
coordinate with the
album cover theme. It
gives the album a
simple theme and
makes the center focus
on the images
The three images are
in coordination one is
facing left  center 
right. This shows a
clear indication of the
band and their
personalities. The
images have no
colour and it makes all
the band as one rather
than one standing out
from the rest. They
also conform to their
stereotype of ‘indie’
(Tessa Perkins) as
you can see the
costumes which are
shirts and leather
jackets.
The album name looks hand written, this may be in reference to the album and how the
songs themselves are all written by the band. It is in black to keep in with the theme of
the album. Overall it is a simple but affective album.

3. Using dafont.com I have found a font which is
similar to the HAIM basic logo, within this
website there is many other font types. I need
to consider the type of font I use and whether
or not size wise you can read it if it is in a
smaller font size.
I have looked at fonts and using similar
contrast to HAIM album, I have used the
word ‘falling’ (my song choice) as a basic
guide for fonts. These are the two that stood
out, they are simple and easy to read for the
audience.
The script font gives a unique and simple feel
to the album itself, I like the look of the font
and they are a range of hand scripted font.

4. Same as the front of the album, the list
of songs are also in the similar font as
the band name and continuity is
transferred across
The barcode is in the top right
hand side of the album which
is unusual as it tends to be in
the bottom right hand corner.
Spine
Spine
It again has a simple theme and is only white
and black, I like this concept as it makes the
album simple to read
Name of the
music
production/
management

5. The main focus of this
album is the name of the
band. There is no album
name and no
information.
The logo like the
previous album cover is
very simple and the
logo itself is bold and
simple to read. It is eye
catching as the name is
in the center of the
album cover.
The image itself is hard to identify if it is anything or just a play
with lights and colour, however it gives colour to the
background rather than having a one coloured background. As
the main writing is white it stands out clearly against the dark
background

6. The listing of the album songs are centered and
white like the writing on the front which
corresponds with the theme, it is also in the
same font as the band name but not in bold.
The barcode in the
right hand corner
Name of the
music
production/
management
The image is
similar as the
front cover but is
different in terms
of colour as it is
much darker
colouring

7. Here are two separate The XX album covers,
they have a running theme they use a single
initial of X as their cover. This is simple like the
other albums which seems to be a running theme
and also makes it obvious the band. However if it
was on a shop shelve this may seem interesting
to anyone who is unaware of the band. It also
hides the identity of the band and it makes it more
about the music than the band themselves.
The first album is black and white but the
second album has a bit of colour and
looks like an oil spill. This gives the album
a unique aspect but keeping it simple too.

8. Like the front both of the album backs are
plain and simple, the listing of the songs
are too the left and more into the corner
rather than the middle. Simply the colours
are correlated to the front of the album.
The barcode is in the left hand corner
of the bottom and has the record label
next to it. The back has a lot of empty
space.

9. Conclusion:
Overall it seems albums of the indie genre
are plain and simple, they get the message
and concept across without extensive
information or images. I like the concept of a
plain album as it makes buying an album
more about the music rather than how the
band members look like.

10. Analysis of
Advertisements

11. Forms of media text
website
Release date
Songs within the album
Name of the album
Production company
Artists name
Artist is center frame
and at eye levelImage corresponds with
the album name.

12. Band name
Album main
image , also
on the advert
Record label
Album name and the release date
Simple colour scheme of two colours, the advert gets straight to the point. However it
may be simple as Arctic Monkeys are well known and therefore don’t need to have their
faces on the advert to sell the album

13. Record label
Band logo
Main image promoting
the album, shows the
genre by the costume
i.e. indie genre (Tessa
Perkins) by the use of
polo shirts and tattoos
with the long hair.
Date of releaseInformation on what
you can get when
you buy the album
and the songs which
or within the album
The colours are dark
but on the faces on the
band are bright which
makes them stand out
and also the logo
stands out form the
background