The document discusses and compares the album art styles of three musical artists: 1) The Streets' album covers feature urban settings that match the urban sound and locations in their music videos, helping to establish their brand. 2) Kings of Leon's covers are more abstract, possibly related to their indie rock genre, with complexity varying by album and musical content. 3) Jamie T's covers usually include many colorful elements like cutouts and fish-eye effects, standing out while matching his style and helping develop his trademark visual style.

1. All of the Streets’ album covers to the left are set in very
urban surroundings. This corresponds with a majority of their
music video’s settings, and matches their urban sound.
In music video’s such as “Fit but you know it” and “Dry your
eyes”, they are featured in very urban, often quite unattractive
areas, which could correspond with the lyrics of their music or
help to promote a certain image they wish to portray.
The similar settings and Mike Skinner’s logo for “The Streets”
helps to establish himself as a brand and it acts as a
trademark, making it instantly recognisable.

2. Kings of Leon’s album covers are relatively abstract, which could
be related to their indie, rock n roll genre.
The top album’s design is very intricate, whereas the others are
relatively basic which could perhaps be down to each albums
musical content or changed to match the bands developing style.
For example, KOL’s older music is more obscure and indie,
whereas their newer material could be described as pop- aimed
at a more mainstream audience.
KOL don’t have a feature of their albums of which they keep the
same, apart from the bands name always being very clear to
read. This could perhaps be because they are much more well
known worldwide, so perhaps don't have to create a brand of
themselves in order of gaining recognition.

3. Jamie T’s album covers usually have a lot of things
going on in them, and the second two incorporate a lot
of colour and unusual concepts such as cut outs,
ripped paper and fish eye effects.
The concepts for his album covers are
relatively simple to set up, in that they
don't involve CGI or uncommon
locations, and could be imitated in
obtainable environments. However,
they achieve a great effect and match
his genre and style of music very well.
The styles are also very unusual, so it makes his album stand
out amongst other albums that may have simpler, less
colourful designs. Also, the fish eye effect used in two of his
covers to the left help to develop a type of trademark of
Jamie T.