Screws Get Loose

Screws Get Loose

By Those Darlins

     Those Darlins formed in Murfreesboro, TN in 2006 after members Jessi Zazu, Nikki Kvarnes, and Kelley Anderson met at Southern Rock & Roll Camp. They first began doing cover songs and used traditional southern instruments, like the washboard, and nontraditional ones. In 2008, the band released "Wild One" from their self titled alum Those Darlins. The band was asked to open for The Black Keys, which furthered Those Darlins profile. 

     In 2011, the band with now fourth member Linwood Regensburg, an official member and songwriter, went to the studio to record their second album, Screws Get Loose. This time the album was engineered by Ed Rawls, which led the album to sound more Garage Punk. 

     The cover is a simple black and white photo of a woman. This time though it's not just a photograph of a beautiful woman for the cover, and I'm pretty sure it's not one of the members also. Her face is facing away from the camera as she seems to be digging one of her fingers into her nose. There is a high contrast; the majority of the top of the cover is black as the bottom is a light gray and white. She seems like a classy sort of woman because she is wearing a fur coat and has well done makeup. Maybe the stress of a job and/or her personal life got to her and she did something that a "normal" person wouldn't be doing. She is doing something strange considering she is an adult woman, and the photo just happens be taken in this moment of her life. Even though this photo has movement in it, it seems really well adjusted and focused. 

     Those Darlins and Screws Get Loose are horizontally tilted near the upper right corner. The gold retro looking font of the bands name is a great contrast of the dark background; also the white spot in the upper right corner also leads us to the text. The name of the album is smaller then the bands name and tucked under it centered. Even though it has a great emphasis on the bands name and a great contrast of the light on dark, I feel liked they sort of smacked it on the cover. Maybe if the designer moved the image to the left and the text close to her finger, it would have been a better led on. The pointing finger could have led the viewer to the text.