Heck

Heck

By Deal Casino

     Deal Casino were originally known as Something About January and formed when all four members were young adults. They all decided to move to Asbury Park, NJ where two of them would work a recording studio- where they would practice- and the other two at a restaurant. The earliest year that I could find of the band forming has been 2013, and are still continuing to make music. Their genre of music can be described as pop-rock, with a sound that resembles Young the Giant and Neon Trees. Heck is the third EP from the band- which was named after Heck Street in Asbury Park- wanted to have a "live" type of style for the music. 

     The style of art for the cover reminds me of 1950's jazz album cover. The image is centered, with the artwork boxed in. The artwork style is a simple, one colored contour drawing with dots, larger and smaller, to create shadowing. Even though the beautiful image is simple, the message from the image is straight forward. It shows the man putting his hand in the woman's underwear, possibly touching her genitala, and vice versa. Who knows why the designer choose this image, but it is eye catching and could reference towards the title of the album, Heck.

        Heck and Deal Casino both have a serif font and resemble the same style of font, yet Heck has a more decorative feel because of the reflections on the font. Heck is also smaller then Deal Casino, yet still holds on its own. I like that the designer still used the same gold for the type used in the imagery instead of switching to another color.