The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound
I chose this as the last album artwork to analyse because it demonstrates some of the key conventions of a 'band based' modern rock album, featuring a heavily edited photograph of the band - frontman pushed to the forefront - before a plain monochromatic background. It focuses heavily on selling the image of the band to the pre-existing fans of that genre, showing off tattoos, leather jackets, serious faces and "edgy" haircuts in an image so generic it is only a few degrees of seriousness from being a parody. However, the impact of the font and the colour-draining edit of the photo give the album a cohesive feel, promising a solid set of songs but not much excitement. From this, I learnt that although following genre conventions can produce a well grounded final artwork, it will lack the excitement of originality and therefore any eye-grabbing potential or interest from the audience.
