The Doomed Bird of Providence sleeve pics

Just got my copy of The Dead Bird of Providence album in the post and thought I'd put up a few pics of the final package. If you like it then snap it up quick at the F&F shop as it is limited to 250 copies and judging by the press reviews those will sell out fast!

Tee Time two

After the success of the LDWR T-shirt, Front & Follow are putting ink to cotton one more time to accompany their latest release Will Ever Pray by The Doomed Bird of Providence. The t-shirt is available to pre order at the moment over at the F&F store, either on it's own or as part of an TDBOP bundle. For more info pop over to their site.

Praying Alive!

Forgive the terrible pun but the latest release from Front & Follow, Will Ever Pray is just hot of the press. One69A the talented printers have just sent me a link to their print blog showcasing the debut album from The Doomed Bird of Providence.

As a bit of background to the project, the idea behind The Doomed Bird of Providence according to the bands frontman Mark Kluzek stemmed from the desire to bring to life stories from colonial Australian history. Not the sort of stories that you might typically come across but those stories of a darker, less palatable nature. This was one of the key elements that I wanted to be reflected in the packaging. As the songs were based on true tales of Australia's colonial past it seemed like a good idea to make the lyric booklet look and feel like a news sheet, reporting the stories told in the songs. Paul Loudon supplied all the illustrations, going through the lyrics picking out macabre elements as well as doing a bit of botanical research to piece together the flora and fauna of Australia. I then brought these together and the end result was screen printed as a single colour on news print paper.

Here are a few more shots of the insert, if you would like to see more pop over to One69A's site. And if your really taken by it you can pre order the album at the F&F site.

Insert front, with all the lyrics and credits

Insert back, dedicated to creating a large image bringing
together elements used on the sleeve and to illustrate the stories

Insert folded to fit in the card sleeve

Will Ever Pray

I am just finishing off the artwork for the first release of the year for Manchester label Front and Follow. It is for an Australian band now based in London and Colechester called The Doomed Bird of Providence. They describe themselves as Australian Colonial Gothic which is reflected in the subject matter of their music and the fantastic illustrations created by Paul Loudon.

Here are a few previews of the artwork so far. It is all being prepared for silk screening at the moment and will released in a limited run of 250 physical copies, so hop over to the F&F shop where you can pre-order it now!

The package will be housed in a natural card gatefold sleeve and will contain a broadsheet/poster insert screen printed on to newsprint. There may even be a few little added extras thrown in as well.

I hope to post a few pics of the package being printed and maybe post a few tracks as well nearer the release date. In the meantime here are a couple of pics of the poster.