Features
Worst Album Covers 2012
By Max Easton
MAX EASTON counts down the worst of local album covers of the year.
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The Presets – Pacifica
If you were ever of the opinion that The Presets’ music had no balls, then there’s the graphical proof that the band doesn’t either.
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The Angels – Take it to the Streets
While Doc Neeson didn’t sing on this record, it’s a little known fact that he designed the cover.
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Axxon – Beyond Light
The cruel beast of font selection strikes again.
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Alpine – A is for Alpine
None of these could ever possibly be effective game plans on the soccer field.
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Bits of Shit – Cut Sleeves
Not only is the dog completely arbitrary, but it doesn’t even have cut sleeves!
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Muscles – Manhood
Poor Muscles.
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The Temper Trap – The Temper Trap
Turns out that Temper Trap’s rise to a stadium band now makes them rich enough to afford colour-altering splooge medication.
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Ladyhawke – Anxiety
Wherein Pip Brown goes through her bohemian phase and cultivates tiny selves in her dreads.
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Lisa Mitchell – Bless This Mess
I guess the giant marketing budget got spent on radio ads?
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The Saints – King of the Sun
I blame Rai Thistlethwayte.
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Oh Mercy – Deep Heat
Some would call this potentially iconic, or masterful, or some other adjective with greater than six letters, and that’s pretty much why the cover is on this list.
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Van She – Idea of Happiness
Clearly, the art department at Modular believes in meeting in the middle.
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John Butler – Tin Shed Tales
Also in the running to win awards for “Worst Album Title” and “Stupidest Hat on an Album Cover”.
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Monks of Mellonwah – Neurogenesis
The logical conclusion to the characters of Microsoft’s Clip Art is reached. (Drawing objects still impossibly difficult to align properly.)
And 2012’s winner for Worst Album Cover…
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Reece Mastin – Beautiful Nightmare