Sound in Color: Beck-Odelay

Although I don’t listen to Outline that much, I really did enjoy this album. Their first full length record, You Smash It, We’ll Build Around It, was released in 2006 and since then only put out one more project. The California band has an experimental sound that is full of energy and strong vocals that hit you to the core. My favorite tracks are Aesthetics, Why We’re Better Now, and Shotgun.

The album art is colorful and bright with a dark foundation, featuring an industrial scene that reflects the album’s title as well as their sound. Orange hues take over the sky while black and light blue ground the design. The collage style of the piece and scratchy, yet streamlined lines really do offer a peak into the bands work.

Sound in Color: Outline-You Smash it We'll Build Around it

Sound in Color: Blur-Parklife

10 Tuesday Dec 2013

Posted by melissaoconnor in Color Inspiration, Sound in Color

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Blur, Clover Over Dover, color, color palette, End of the Century, Girls and Boys, greyhounds, london, music, palette, Parklife, Walthamstow Stadium

I have always liked Blur. Their fun and happy sound can always put a smile on my face. Even their slower songs have a whimsical feel. The band formed in 1988 in London and became an inspiring leader in the brit pop genre of music. Parklife, one of my favorite albums, was released in 1994 and featured awesome tracks such as Girls and Boys, End of the Century, Parklife, and Clover Over Dover.

They went their separate ways in 2003 to pursue other projects but reunited years later and have been creating new stuff here and there. They are a really positive band and have a number of albums that are truly worthy to listen to. The album art of Parklife shows greyhounds racing in action which was taken at the Walthamstow Stadium in London. It features a color palette that is neutral with bright highlights. It was also chosen one of the ten images for Royal Mail postage stamps. How rad is that?

Blur-Parklife