Conventions of Indie Album Covers

The similarities between these indie albums illustrate the opposing uses of colour throughout therefore meaning that colour may not be a necessity for this genre. All of the albums clearly display the name of the artist and the name of the album in order to directly address members of the public. Additionally, in all of the albums there is an indication to an artist whether this is the artist singing or not, there is a physical form of someone identified on the cover. Within a few of the covers, there is a sense of surrealism, for instance, Ben Howard's album shows someone in water swimming deep, this may relate directly to the theme of the songs being 'deep' in a sense of unhappiness. Yet an audience is unsure if this is Ben himself which creates a surrealist aspect. Alongside this, in three of the albums - Ben Howard, The Kooks and Bastille, the artist is not looking directly into the camera hence encouraging the audience to look elsewhere - this means the background and setting of the image is important.