Simon Bradshaw album covers thoughts and questions

marlowe - 
1) "it's turning me on" debut EP 

• red - seduction which links to the title
• minimal - very intruiging
• drawn - like a comic drawing
• putting on lipstick - this also links to the title as the motion is quite seductive
• black - both the red and black colours are quite dark suggesting his music may be dark 
• There are no capitals which makes it stand out and question why?
• It doesn't feature the artist which suggests they concentrate on their music
• ambiguous to whether it is a band or a single person and if they are male or female
• Image looks 90s 

2) "darksparklecorner" 1st album

• heavily relying on the image to sell the music
• child looks quite scared it is very ambiguous
• who is the baby? 
• the same lower caps letters on the title, clearly runs throughout their albums
• the image gives quite an unsettling feeling
• why use a baby photo? 
• dated picture, it could be him as a baby
• what does the title mean, it doesn't really link to the photo
• very strong dark shadow

3) "a day in july" 2nd album

• where is the image
• suggests they like travelling
• could be more world influenced, developing over time
• suggests they like their music themselves, I can imagine the band playing up in the mountains to themselves. 
• again there is a lot of ambiguity as what does the photo mean
• none of the album covers link to the band themself
• 'they've got their head in the clouds'
• the font is bigger which may suggest the content of the album which would also link to the photo as it suggests a worldly content
• something nostalgic about his album covers
• is this picture from when he went on holiday? 
• weather is quite good which could relate to the mood of the music

4) "deep breathe fake air" 3rd album

• like a diagram 
• has sketches of hair which suggests a sense of realism 
• clear bloke images, quite simple
• why are there letters? should there be a key for us to understand the photo
• human body, human experience
• blue is quite a cold colour for a body
• there is a very definate change in this album, there was a sence on similarity in the first three however this diagram is different
• 'marlowe' is changed to black whereas before it was always white
• looks like coldplays album cover "a rush of blood to the head"

TESTCARD

1) "LINES" 1st album 

• colour is representing the idea of a card
• very minimalist
• image represents the title
• so simple
• suggests the band concentrate on the music
• acoustic 
• no colour
• looks eco friendly 
• same genre but different target audience maybe? 

ROJA 

1) "Promises I Should Have Kept" 1st album

• shakespeare type font
• spanish like 
• change of music
• mexican, western 
• culture element
• again nothing to do with the actual band 
• looks more creative like it has been drawn 

QUESTIONS TO ASK SIMON BRADSHAW 

1) why did you have a recurring theme of red on the first 4 albums ?
2) why don't marlowe use capital letters?
3) why did the band disband ? 
4)what was the idea behind the lines album cover layout? 
5) whos the kid on "darksparklecorner" and what are we supposed to be making of the image
6)why is "darksparklecorner" one word
7)why arn't you/band members on any of the ban covers
8)is Roja a completely different style of music
9)the landscape of the Roja album links to the marlowe album... why? 
10)why are there letters floating around the body on the deep breathe fake air cover
11)what would you classify your music as
12)is there a thread that goes through all of your work or is testcard and roja quite different
13)what do you do in the band? 
14)are you given creative influence on the design on the album or is it managed?