Indie Rock Album Covers

Vampire Weekend

Modern Vampires Of The City2013

Contra2010

Vampire Weekend2008

Artist not on the cover

Name of artist on cover

Name of album on cover

Black and white

Dark image

Focused on chandelier

Focused on woman

Establishing shot of city

Name of artist on cover

Arctic MonkeysAM2013

Suck It and See2011

Humbug2009

Whatever People Say I am, That’s What I’m Not2006

Favourite Worst Nightmare2007

Artists on the cover

No artist on the cover

Name of album

Name of artists

Dark image

Black and white

PhotographIllustration – no photography

Casual clothes

Smoking

No artist on the cover

Dark image

The KillersHot Fuss2004

Sam’s Town2006

Sawdust2007

Day & Age2008

Battle Born2012

Name of artists

Name of album

Artists not on cover

Photograph

Consistent font

Text in centre of cover

Black and white

Woman in revealing clothing

IllustrationDark image

Light image

Dark image

Name of album

Text in centre of cover Consistent font

Artists not on cover

Name of artists

In summary, the majority of indie rock album covers do not include an image of the actual artist/band on the cover, though do typically include photography of some kind of main focus (e.g. Vampire Weekend – focuses on chandelier).Most artists of this genre usually have at least one studio album cover which is black and white.Almost every album of this genre includes the name of the group or artist on the front and most also have the name of the album.The image on the cover may also sometimes be a illustration though the majority of indie rock covers feature photography.

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