Sigur Ros - ( )

I know a lot of my blogs have been cd covers, but I cant help it when I have been seeing such fantastic design in some of the cds, so I feel i should mention them.

This is the cd cover and packaging for the the album ( ) by Sigur Ros. The name of the album has no letters but is represented on the front cover by the curved shapes. Sigur Ros are from Iceland, their music as beautiful, and sometimes quite haunting but with relaxing ambience. I believe their style of music is portrayed well in the design of the cover. The white and grays are very relaxing to look at, and also has a cold feel to it which is what the music of Sigur Ros makes me feel when I listen to it. Iceland, being a cold, isolated country it is, really is portrayed in both the music and the design. Sigur Ros sometimes make their instruments from organic things, for example, one band member of Sigur Ros found this different stones which when hit with a stick used to play with xylophones, made different sounds depending on the size and shape of the stones. Many of these stones where collected to make an instrument which sounds similar to a xylophone. This organic form of playing music is also influenced the design of the cover.

The typography used on the covers is nice with the "( )" is a die-cut to look at the cover underneath whereas the typography of the "Sigur Ros" is written as if someone wrote it with a pen. It think the design is of very high quality due to the perfect style of design to represent the style of music.

I originally saw it in a cd store, and my love for the band made me buy the cd.