Distraction
By Bear Hands
The Distraction cover has inspiration from the gridded setup of the early to mid- 60's rock covers and psychedelic art. Distraction (2014) is the second album from Bear Hands. Their first album, Burning Bush Supper Club, has a collaged, glitchy type of art work; so it may be possible that the band has used the same artist for both of their albums and/or wanted a unique cover.
As previously stated, this cover remind me of ones from the early rock setup. The image takes up more than half of the cover and has a black and white photograph of two eyeballs sort of blended together. Both of the eyes are looking in different directions; they both appear to be panic or just witnessed something shocking. The image also has a high contrast with the mostly gray/white right side and the black left side. My eye is automatically is drawn to the photography, then get pulled up to the bold text.
Unlike Burning Bush Supper Club, which used cut-out letters and hand lettering it appears, Distraction uses a bold, sans serif font which is left justified. There is a thin hot pink line separating the bands name and the title of the album. Which could also be reference back to early rock cover for limited color. Bear Hands is a lot smaller then Distraction, yet it still carries the same weight because of the boldness from the font. Distraction seems centered with the image, with the same amount of white space on the edges, but to me it competes with the image; since they are both strong. My eye either wants to look at the image or the title, which in turns becomes a distraction. Maybe that is why the designer decided to use both strong imagery and type to hence towards the title of the album.
Burning Bush Supper Club:
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