Midnite Snaxxx effortlessly combines the adrenaline rush of classic rock and roll (think the Beatles doing “Twist and Shout”) with the big melodies of 60s girl groups and the explosiveness of vintage 70s punk, and the result is just perfect. They don’t really sound like much else that’s around these days, crafting short and snappy garage-punk songs that recall the glory days of Rip Off Records (and indeed the singer Dulcinea was in the Loudmouths, who were connected to that scene), but really these songs could have been made at any point between the early 60s and now. Midnite Snaxxx have a lot of records out at this point, and they are all absolutely killer… in my opinion you should own every single one of them. Midnite Snaxxx: Greedy Little Thing 7” (Goodbye Boozy) Latest 7” from this Bay Area band, and I think that at this point we can start affixing adjectives like “long-running” and “veteran” to their name.
So, what records don’t follow those edicts? Find yourself a cool black and white photo, overlay the band’s logo in a simple spot color and you’re done. I’m also a big fan of the simple yet functional design of a lot of first and second-wave UK punk picture sleeves. Raymond Pettibon’s illustrations for Black Flag or Glenn Danzig’s graphic design for the Misfits are probably the best examples of what I’m talking about. It has immediate impact, but also leaves you with something to chew on and think about. To me, great art (like great music) is simple and direct, and does a lot with a little. So, if bad artwork isn’t really that bad, then what is really good artwork? It turns out, answering that question is just as difficult.
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I’ve long said that it won’t be long before people are applying photoshop filters in order to replicate the pixelation on computer layouts from the 90s and early 00s or trading copies of the fonts that came bundled with Windows 95. Think about things like terribly-rendered illustrations on 80s metal records or lame cut-and-paste 80s punk layouts… they looked terrible at the time, but looking at them in the present day they’re kind of kitschy and cool. Similarly, tropes that feel obvious or overused at the time can feel less so in retrospect, especially when this artwork is lit by the gentle glow of nostalgia. What can seem garish, ill-conceived, half-baked, or otherwise inappropriate upon a record’s release can, with time, develop a certain patina. At the very least, I would argue that time is usually kind to record artwork.
Maybe that’s because artwork is really important to me and I’m hesitant to buy releases that don’t have good artwork, or maybe it’s just that I’ve grown so used to the artwork on most of the records in my collection that I don’t have a strong visceral reaction to it anymore. When I first heard this prompt I thought to myself that it would be easy, but flipping through my own record collection I’m hard-pressed to find any records where I truly hate the artwork. So, this time around on the Sorry State blog we’re writing about great records with terrible artwork. I'd love the following to appear on my list of favorite acquisitions of 2019, so if you're holding please get in touch:Īmon Düül II: Yeti LP (70s German pressing)
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Possessed: Seven Churches 12" 1st press (for $5!)īathory: The Return 12" original US press (for $25!)Ĭan: Monster Movie 12" (2nd German pressing)įaust: The Faust Tapes 12" (1st UK pressing) Caesar: Kokkyou Junreika 12" (an original will set you back a few grand, but I managed to find a really nice early 00s Japanese repress) The Fall: Marquis Cha-Cha 7" (the hardest to get Fall record from their early period and the last one I needed to complete my collection. Poison Idea: Kings of Punk LP (Portland edition with all inserts)Īnti-Cimex: Victims of a Bombraid 7" (1st press) I rarely brag about my used / collectible record buys online, so I'll finish this post by bragging about some of the coolest collectible records I acquired in 2018.
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