I had heard of CHVRCHES before so I already known the kind of vibe and style they give off. After listening to the song a few times, I actually quite liked it. Straight away it made me think of that Depeche Mode song that The Saturdays stole and completely murdered - I Just Can't Get Enough.
As I said before in my art school blog post, I started this album cover with doing lots of blue brusho. This is because I wanted the design to be bold and quite abstract, so wanted to work with textures. Then that thing happened where my laptop took over itself and produced lots of unique textures that I worked with instead. But after this happened, I think it was a blessing in disguise as it made me realise that I don't think there could of been anything I could have done to the brusho alone to make it into a winning album cover. And also I think blue is too obvious a choice, which sounds a bit silly but I think everyone's going to be using blue so I want to do something a little different.
So I went back to square one and looked at the lyrics.
[Verse 1]
Light is all over us
Like it always was
Like it always was
Shaped, by the clearest blue
But it's not enough
It's not enough, not enough
[Chorus]
Just another time I'm caught inside
Every open eye
Holding on tightly to the sides
Never quite learning why
You'll meet me, you'll meet me
You'll meet me halfway
Whenever I feel it coming on
You can be well aware
If ever I try to push away
You can just keep me there
So please say you'll meet me
Meet me halfway
[Verse 2]
Tied, to the shifting ground
Like it always was
Like it always was
You, were the perfect storm
But it's not enough, it's not enough
Not enough, not enough
[Chorus - Variation]
Just another time that I go down
But you are keeping up
Holding to a hope you'll undermine
Never to be reversed
Just another time I'm caught inside
Every open eye
Holding on tightly to the sides
Never quite learning why
Whenever I feel it coming on
You can be well aware
If ever I try to push away
You can just keep me, tell me
[Build Up]
Tell me tell me, you'll meet me
Tell me tell me, you'll keep me
Tell me tell me, you'll meet me
Will you meet me more than halfway up?
[Outro]
Shaped by, clearest blue
Shaped by, clearest blue
Shaped (will you keep it half-a-way)
By, clearest blue (will you keep it half-a-way)
Shaped (will you keep it half-a-way)
By, clearest blue (will you keep it half-a-way)
I decided to scrap that idea and look at the singer herself, I thought I could incorporate her face into the album cover instead?
Then thought about what album covers that I like and would of liked to have been the one who designed it.
The disclosure face is something that I personally think is great. By coming up with something that instantly makes you know who the artist is on every single/album cover is very clever. I thought that maybe I could create my own?
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