Bastille album artwork analysis

 

 When looking at the EP album cover for Bastilles, Bad Blood, a girl is seen to be in the sea. This is an image from the bands music video, something commonly seen on all of the EP covers. When considering the composition of the artwork, the rule of thirds, puts the head of the young girl in the top tiering central third. This is purposely done to draw attention to the girl, posing an usual scenerio to the audience. From a horizontal perspective, the bands name is posed central on the album cover in a large, bold, capitalised font. The font is further in a sans-serif type, likewise to the typography on the ablum covers by Scouting For Girls. Aligning the font central allows the audience to instantly reconigise the artist of the track, displaying the most important information in paramount position. The triangular symbol, representing the A in Bastille lets the audience further identify the band, acting as a logo to the bands name. The positioning of the text additionally draws the attention of the audience, making their eye track different paths of the typography, looking over the totality of the album cover. Finally, the typography is white in colour, acting as a contrast to the artwork, allowing the text to distinctly stand out as it has been superimposed onto the image face. Next, I will be analysing the EP cover Laura Palmer. There is much consistency in the apperance of the EP artwork by the band Bastille. Again, a shot from the bands music video has been used as the cover to the single. This shows a concept-based relationship between lyrics and visuals as a male figure is seen on a quad bike, wearing a money mask. Similarly, the typography is composed in the same manner, being capitalised and in the same type face. This shows consistency of the bands image, giving the band a persistant market selling point. Having the trianglular symbol further, applies to the Indie Pop genre by creating associations with the modern day, hipster youth culture. Moreover, this may attract the hipster subculture to listen to the music of Bastille therefore, making them more popular with the music industry. This links with the connotations of the Indie Pop genre having a do it yourself attitude, by simply taking a shot from their videos and superimposing text onto the top of the artwork. This may be an influence for our own album artwork, as this is a simple and effective way to create connections between existing visuals connotated by the band.