'The New Flesh' Artwork?

[Sir Euan]

wow, they're really trying with the artwork aren't they =/

I hope thats a placeholder

[geordierussell]

that is awesome. wow.

[fluffygrue]

My thoughts exactly.. :/

[everlone]

That's as shit as the video.

[wez_wildheart]

i can understand that some people may think the artwork for the new single is rather lazy with it being the same as the album artwork.alas though The Wildhearts are, and my understanding here might be wrong, totally self financed.when you think of how much it costs for new artwork, printing, mastering etc etc im sure its pretty expensive to put a lot money into the single that may not do too well at all.

factor in the bands other outside committments, maybe mortgages, rent, day to day living, money to go into the studio to record, Ginger has children to put food on the table for, Ritch has kids and a wife to support as well, same with Scott and his newborn...with those kind of committments is it really worth 'trying hard with the artwork' to quote a post on here, when the money they do make is going towards giving their families a bit of stability.

i dont mean this as a dig to anyone who has posted before me on this thread but all im simply doing is looking at the bigger picture here.if i have offended anyone then accept my apologies in advance.im also not trying to sound like a blind mark for the band either.maybe its just me being in the last week of payday and not having a pot to piss in at the moment has a lot to do with my post

[Sir Euan]

iirc I replied to a topic about this, I didn;t post a new one =S i take it a mod seperated this?

And I still think it's lazy, would it be so hard to move it around a little, I imagined it could have been like this.


link for bigger at
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j313/ ... WFLESH.jpg

This way it's like an incomplete version of the album cover, a teaser almost, like the single is a teaser of the whole album.

[WiredOut]

That's as shit as the video.

....That's as average as the song.

[Bang!]

It's a really average single which is far from being one of the best songs on the album. Perhaps they're being more realistic than some people on here and are aware this single won't make them millions so won't waste money on artwork etc which might be better going into recording a new album (for example).

That said it's still a tad lazy, i know many people who would be quite capable of photo-shopping a decent cover/logo or even just new writing. Ah well....hope they release a better song next

[geordierussell]

It's a really average single which is far from being one of the best songs on the album. Perhaps they're being more realistic than some people on here and are aware this single won't make them millions so won't waste money on artwork etc which might be better going into recording a new album (for example).

That said it's still a tad lazy, i know many people who would be quite capable of photo-shopping a decent cover/logo or even just new writing. Ah well....hope they release a better song next

There are people here with skills who would gladly do it for free.

[Sir Euan]

me for one!

[seventieslord]

It's weak. But it's far from the first time a band has released similar or ideantical artwork for a single.

[Arabiandisco]

The artwork is indeed shite (I never like the photo-of-the-band style artwork on anything).

But are a bunch of fans best placed to determine what's good or bad? Most of us will be buying it anyway, it's people like my brother who sort-of likes them who need to be persuaded to buy it... (He loves Endless Nameless, but I've been having trouble convincing him to listen to anything else...)

[sparky]

Just as long as they get a physical single out into the record shops they will get some promotion. Anything is better then The Sweetest Song downloadable single.
I suppose cutting costs to maximise profit for a self financed band.

[Ben Wright]

The costs issue is a good point. But I'm sure it doesn't take much time to get one of their mates to get on photoshop and spruce up / alter the album cover a bit more for nowt.

On the plus side, at least it's not as awful as Hard Fi's new album cover. I mean what the fuck where they thinking. Were their label trying to be like Pierre Bordieu and all clever (which has backfired) or did they rush to get the album art finished so they could catch the last bus home in time for Corrie?

Anyway, perhaps it's not the official cover....... least, I hope not.

[Orient]

Not sure if this has been asked before but, do the band choose the singles themselves? I just fiind it odd that The New Flesh was chosen over some of the much stronger songs.

I don't like the artwork either, I wasn't keen on it for the album but the single too? like others have said, it costs nothing to play around on photoshop.

It just seems like they're not bothered anymore.