I found three, they all had the genre of indie (either they were full indie or half) so they were good for me to evaluate.
The Innocents by Weyes Blood
I personally really like this album because it is simplistic but still intriguing. The black and white photo of the girl, side on along with the off white background is very pleasing to the eye. Whilst the back of the album still carries the white background on, it has replaced the image of the girl with a silhouette of her filled with different colours.
I feel that this album is very aesthetically pleasing however I do not like the font of the album title. I feel that it is too difficult to read and I had to look at the spine to get the name of the band and the title of the album - this was also difficult to understand because both the name and the title could be confused and swapped.
This digipak is formed differently to how mine is, with it only having two panels and the disc slips inside a pocket and not on a plastic holder. Due to this, the inside of the digipak has the names of the songs and any extra info.
Freedom by The Black Tambourines
Although the album with the collage is pretty, it doesn't link at all together. The front cover is a colourful collage with the back of the album being pen illustrated in black and white. I don't think they link and that this is a very well put together album. However if you take in the title of the album 'Freedom' it could mean freedom in all aspects meaning that the want to get freedom from conventional album covers.
This 'freedom' aspect may change my expectations with certain points however they don't keep the same font for the back cover for their spine where they use a font which looks like it's been picked randomly off Microsoft Word. The text is also too close together and there is randomly 'East Action EARSO85' written on the side, unless this is their record company there is no reason for it to be on there and even then they should of used the company's logo and not their name.
This digipak is alike to the two panels with a disc pocket instead of holder, they have used a similar technique to the digipak before with having their song names and any extra information on the inside. However they have put all the text onto one side to leave room for another collage on the inside. This again is most likely following their 'freedom' aspect.
Overall I do not like this digipak it annoys me with its visual aspects and it does not follow the typical conventions of a digipak.
I Aubade by Elvis Perkins
I do like the old aspect of this album with the fading and the stained background. I feel that although the front and back don't match fully the colour scheme used in both saves it from looking like a mess. The album instantly tells you what genre the artist is, folk and indie. I like how the song titles and the album title are written is font that mimics a typewriter, this again supports the fact that the album is folk.
The front cover looks like a piece of art and this is further justified by the artist's name in the corner. Maybe the artist wanted to make a statement about his music being his art? I like how the album creates enigmas for the audience.
The spine keeps the same font for the artist's name and the album title as it did for the front and back cover. I do not know how to feel about this because whilst the album is keeping to conventions it looks awkward because there are 3 different types of font on one small piece of the album.
This digipak follows the same template as 'The Black Tambourines' with having an image on one side and information on the other, the way they have staged this it looks very well put together unlike the album before.
Overall I feel that this research has helped me with my ideas and the conventions of a digipak and I will be using these skills in future.
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