This post is admittedly a reaction to the 4AD record label’s de-emphasizing of their cover art that was once one of their trademarks. The brief is to basically utilize existing cover art and attempt to create new art and capture at least some of the essence of the older, beautifully designed covers. Note: the Bon Iver cover below features the work of Shinro Ohtake, whose artwork appeared on several Throwing Muses covers.

Clearly, Ms Rossi wants you to focus on the music and not the dreadful cover art she has apparently chosen for her debut album on 4AD. Is this possibly a statement on 4AD’s aesthetic reputation? Sure to be hotly debated by diehard fans of the 4AD label…