Why are album covers so important on /v/?
They are just fucking packaging
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>>61117575
Fuck.................................. I meant to type /mu/
>>61117528
album ART
it's meant to represent the visual aesthetic of the album.
>>61117528
But they are important. 99% of the time someone sees the cover before they listen to the music, so it needs to catch attention and also match the mood/feel of the music (to an extent). If it does it compliments the music in a great way.
tbqh when I'm scrolling through a sharethread I'll stop and read a post based on the album cover.
>>61117528
They can completely change your perspective on the music
Some packaging is insane. I've seen cassettes in a block of cement, filled with ants, covered in ashes and wrapped in a fuse with a firecracker inside among other things. Obviously more extreme of examples but the visual element really adds to the musics overall feel
There is a site that catalogs the craziest packaging but I forgot the name. I'll post once I find it
>>61117665
I remember seeing a bandcamp cassette that the guy was including samples of his own blood with them
>>61117528
/mu/ is an image board, so the first thing people see of an album is usually the album art.
If you could natively attach audio files to posts things would be different.
I personally prefer albums with as little visual presentation as possible.
>>61117620
>tbqh when I'm scrolling through a sharethread I'll stop and read a post based on the album cover.
Litteraty everyone, the post.
>>61117528
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>>61117665
I know someone who ordered that one vinyl record that was entirely made out of pubic hair, shit, vomit and piss
