ALBUM COVER DESIGN

Broken Social Scene

This is a personal project — a gig-poster and album redesign for the album ”Forgiveness Rock Record” by Broken Social Scene, one of my favourite bands from the 2010s.

Solution

BSSs music has a quite happy and energetic sound, yet the lyrics are somber and bittersweet, and i wanted the imagery to express this. The illustration is a visualisation of the contradictory idea “to explode forgiveness”. I went with an organic expression, though with contrasting elements in the imagery. The colour palette enhances the bitter sweetness from the lyrics, and the imagery itself is made to incite and awaken curiosity.

Client
Self-initiated project

Year
2009

Graphic poster with the words ‘Broken Social Scene’ in bold distressed white letters against a dark textured background, framed by light blue silhouette of a tree.
Album cover for Broken Social Scene’s Forgiveness Rock Record, featuring a blue revolver pointing to the right with black tree-like branches emerging from the barrel, forming a dark circle with the album title in white distressed lettering.
Vinyl record of Broken Social Scene’s Forgiveness Rock Record partially pulled from its sleeve, with album artwork showing the band’s name, a blue grenade illustration turning into black tree-like branches, and a photo of band members.
Broken Social Scene 2010 album tour poster with grenade and branches design.
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