The Sounds New Album Gets All MisShaped
Check it out, it’s the cover of The Sounds’s new album, Dying to Say This To You, which has a full-on girl power feel with MisShapes’s very own Love Leigh on the cover along with gal pal Alexis. (Yes, this is 100% real. You can catch it on The Sounds’s publicity page on Big Hassle.) Some words that have been used to describe this cover have been “racktastic,” “nippleriffic,” and “boobalicious.”
The album is really fantastic. I wasn’t a fan of the first LP, but this one has really grabbed me. I remember being totally taken with the music at the Hiro show they did in November where they previewed songs off the album.
I love “Don’t Wanna Hurt You.” There is nothing better than a bunch of Swedish guys singing “Don’t wanna hurt you/ Don’t wanna foook with your feeelinnngs.” They’ve keep their signature synth sound, but add a wonderful rock edge to it, which has really toughened up the vibe of their songs. I play the album on repeat all the time. No joke. I love love LOVE it.
But my only complaint about the album is the horrendous color balancing done on the photo (see below). I am absolutely not an expert on what is exactly right in terms of color correction, but I do know that when I look at the photo, the colors look all wrong. What’s up with the blue hair? Is this an Archie comic book? Where’s Veronica Lodge when you need her?
Original:
My version:
Veronica:
Don’t you think that’s a slight improvement?
P.S.- Thanks to Audrey for the head’s up.
1. Channy | 11:58 pm on January 25th, 2006
…from bad flouresent club lighting to a religious experience.yummy
2. Anonymous | 7:29 am on January 26th, 2006
I don’t think the nipple is visible enough.
3. spencer | 12:24 pm on January 26th, 2006
you’ve made them look warm and human. i’m not sure that’s the effect they were going for on the cover.
4. jd | 5:39 pm on January 28th, 2006
i think i prefered the original version.. The hair looks good in blue. And it’s all about what message you want to pass… But i would’ve told the girl to wear a bra, man.. those boobs are loooooooonnnng.
5. Sakesan | 7:56 pm on February 18th, 2006
The colors on your new version are too much like the Libertines’ self titled cover. I like the moodyness of the first.
6. Vivien Weimar | 2:08 pm on March 16th, 2006
I completely liked the original version making the skin look pink and “otherworldly”. Your is a little too sallow and much like a *real* photograph.
7. Kelley and Jen | 11:50 am on April 11th, 2006
Well we really like dykes as well as bulls, and we have to say that they would both look better nakid with all the nipples showing all 3 ot them.. and with a little bit of you know .. ACTION… THE NEW SOUNDS CD ROCKS HARD CAUSE WE LIKE THE LADIES
8. esrdtfygurh | 3:20 pm on June 18th, 2007
boobs
9. TTTYLER | 2:24 am on January 7th, 2008
I like the original better..
I think that they meant the album cover to be bluish & such.
It makes it look not so normal and plain.
10. Oli | 12:20 pm on January 16th, 2008
Transparency would have resulted in higher sales I am sure.
11. nobody | 5:27 pm on July 18th, 2008
I don’t know… the new one is definately clearer and the blue does kinda get on my nerves but the sounds are awesome and if thats what look they were going for then, whatever its cool…