This is the album cover for 'Last smoke before the snow storm' by Benjamin Francis Leftwich. Like many other indie albums covers it includes and aspect of hand drawn/painted effect on the main image. another convention of indie albums covers represented here is the lack of images of the artist. many recent indie album covers don't include images of the artist, this relates to the rebellious aspect of the indie genre, as most other genres include artist images as the main focus point.
the CD artwork matches the front cover in terms of colour. they also include the same style of font. the font used is a very old fashioned one. it is elegant also relates to the hand drawn effect of the images used in the cove and others like it.
this cover of Ben Howard's 'Every Kingdom' also uses this effect/technique and is also of the indie genre.
it is actually an image taken by a camera but has been edited to create a vintage look, possibly using a sepia filter. The use of large, white, centred font allows his name to stick out and be the first thing the audience notice. the front image also relates to a personal thing in the artists life, he was raised in devon and surfing has always been a big part of his life. It is common in indie music to relate things to personal issues.
The indie genre is also very linked to rebellion, and breaking trends. in album covers the front and back covers have the same colour of similar colours, however this album breaks this and the colours are very different. As our artist is of the indie genre we may break normal conventions of digipack style and technique to follow the conventions of indie.
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