Favorite Album Cover of 2018?

Jon Hassell / Listening To Pictures

 

I almost posted that one too, beautiful cover and music, love it.

 

Wayfarer - World’s Blood

 

Some great suggestions in this thread!

I rather like this one: Kamasi Washington's Heaven and Earth. Also one of the most interesting vinyl packages, given that it includes four LPs, plus a surprise bonus 12" EP hidden in a secret compartment!

 

And if we are including new releases of music that was originally recorded decades ago, then these two are also quite classy:

John Coltrane - Both Directions At Once



Grant Green - Slick (live at Oil Can Harry's)

 

Great call. Definitely a contender for me as well.

 

Aorlhac

 

Another favorite record and cover this year is Persona by Rival Consoles (aka Ryan Lee West) ...




The title ‘Persona’ was inspired by Ingmar Bergman’s film of the same name, specifically a shot in the opening credits of a child reaching out to touch a woman’s face on a screen, which is shifting between one face and another. This powerful image struck Ryan and it inspired the album’s main theme — an exploration of the persona, the difference between how we see ourselves and how others see us, the spaces in between; between states, people, light and dark, the inner persona and the outer persona... Persona by Rival Consoles - Releases - Erased Tapes

 

not really close at all

 

The Blue Stones - Black Holes
W/great content...


Indie blues-r. duo. Highly recommend, esp. for fans of Royal Blood &/or The White Stripes, The Black Keys.

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Per my earlier comment!

 

Year be damned, isn't anyone gonna post that "Gary" album?

 

Radioaktivists-Radioakt One

 

Halvorson & Frisell's tribute to Johnny Smith, Girl With the Flaxen Hair