A pair of illustrations I did for Vylet Pony's album Carousel!

~2023

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Album cover of the 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐎𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 album. A star-filled night sky hangs over rolling green hills, from which massive stone hands emerge. One clutches a vinyl, another an orb marked with a symbol, and the third a microphone. The artwork blends fantasy with hip-hop imagery, giving it a playful yet monumental feel, like relics of a musical civilization rising from the ground.

Bandcamp : https://brothersofthestone.bandcamp.com/album/brothers-of-the-stone

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Album cover of Better Heard Than Seen by Dante Martin. A dark, gritty rendering of a city forms the backdrop, intentionally blurred to create a dreamlike, uneasy tone. Above the skyline floats a large green eye, the only sharp feature in the composition, drawing immediate attention and implying themes of watching, judgment, or hidden awareness. Down the middle of the artwork, a bright, empty human outline cuts through the scenery, suggesting disappearance, anonymity, or a presence felt but not seen. The muted palette and smoky textures give the cover a moody underground aesthetic consistent with introspective or street-level hip-hop.
Bandcamp: https://dantemartin.bandcamp.com/album/better-heard-than-seen

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Favorite new album cover art of 2025

A new category for this year is favorite album cover art. Figured since there will be a grammy for this, this blog’s two cents worth should be thrown into the mix. So here are my favorites from 2025. Hope you enjoy these images. So often, like music itself, album art is a personal choice in style and focus. Peace and Happy Thanksgiving to all!

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All Washed Up by Cheap Trick:

Who cares if they’ve been around for a half-century, this whimsical album cover says it all both in its title and the hilarious image. Each of the four washing machines is personalized to epitomize each the four (4) band members from guitarist and lyricist Rick Nielsen’s checker-flagged fashions to a soapy “Z” for lead singer Robin Zander in the second machine onward. Hey, and the new music is pretty damn good too. Well done!

All Washed Up by Cheap Trick – Source: en.wikipedia.org

As I Watch My Life Online by Late Night Drive Home:

In our dystopianesque world of digital addictions or constant doom-scrolling, texting, and video posting, this album cover says it all…as do the tracks on the album. When you get to the point when you are scrolling online in the shower…something’s truly amiss.

As I Watch My Life Online by Late Night Drive Home – Source: spotify.com

Fall Back EP by Florence Road:

Love the surreal and hypnotic feel of this cover art. It is memorizing without being dark or sinister — just the four band members crossing the Irish countryside with an abstract background image mixing shades of sky, clouds, and fog in a unique and comforting pattern.

Fall Back EP by Florence Road -Source: en.wikipedia.org

Billboard Heart by Deep Sea Diver:

A shimmering wall of red filaments floating effortlessly above a coastline against a blue sky horizon. Like a billboard, the filaments would be hard to miss and the red links it to our hearts.

Billboard Heart by Deep Sea Diver – Source: en.wikipedia.org

Salt of the Lee EP by Cliffords:

For a band coming from the seacoast city of Cork, Ireland, this image of a seafarers’ weather vane is a perfect reflection of home and the essence of this historic city.

Salt of the Lee EP by Cliffords – Source: deezer.com

Altar by NewDad:

The gothic-style house on the cover was built during the recording of the band’s Safe EP from early 2025 and continued/completed construction during the creation of the Altar album and the videos for each song. Given the Altar album includes several songs reflecting the band’s homesickness after moving from Galway, Ireland to London, the cover may also reflect an image of their home town.

Altar by NewDad – Source: en.wikiedia.org

Welcome To My Blue Sky by Momma:

A cover that reflects the linkages between the two female founders of the band and their importance to one another. Simple, yet still symbolic.

Welcome to My Blue Sky by Momma – Source: en.wikipedia.org

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𝐀 𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐈 by Sick Jacken (The Psycho Realm)
Blurred monochrome gas-mask faces, ghostly wartime atmosphere. Gritty, eerie, militaristic.

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Album cover of 𝐀 𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐈 𝐛𝐲 𝐒𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧 (part of The Psycho Realm), featuring a blurred, monochrome crowd of figures with gas-mask–like faces, creating a distorted and ghostly wartime atmosphere; the overall aesthetic is gritty, eerie, and militaristic, matching the album’s dark themes.

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Album cover of Stuck on an Island by ¡Mayday!, showing a stylized, illustrated portrait of three men wearing futuristic glowing goggles.
The man in the foreground looks upward with bright blue lens reflections, beard stubble, and painted cheek stripes.
Behind him, two other members stand against a bright sky with birds flying, both also wearing sci-fi goggles with illuminated lenses.
The background shows a tropical beach and blue ocean, tying into the “island” theme.
The artwork has a digital-painting style with bold colors and exaggerated lighting.

Bandcamp: https://mayday.bandcamp.com/album/stuck-on-an-island

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Album cover of Cohesion by Anchorsong.
The artwork shows a large, weather-worn white wall with an arched doorway filled with warm orange light. Three women walk in front of it from left to right, each carrying a bowl on her head. Their clothing is vibrant—reds, greens, and yellows—and the strong sunlight casts long shadows behind them. The scene feels minimalistic, geometric, and inspired by South Asian architecture and everyday life.

Bandcamp : https://anchorsong.bandcamp.com/album/cohesion

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Album cover of Diggi Down Unda by MysDiggi. The artwork shows a cartoon-style scene with a man wearing a hat with a feather, riding an exaggerated blue donkey with a goofy expression and its tongue sticking out. The man holds a fishing rod with a carrot dangling in front of the donkey. Behind them is a faded map of Australia, and at the bottom there is a silhouette of a person standing near a signpost at sunset. The title appears in bold, distressed black lettering on the left, along with an explicit-content warning label.

Bandcamp : https://mysdiggi.bandcamp.com/album/diggi-down-unda

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