Vee Hua 華婷婷'Trying to 'brand' the band as a business just had no romantic appeal, no energy... I think it often gets in the way of milking the truly transcendent moments that music allows us." -- Jeremy Reineck
"To me, the celebration of life is also about being free of fear, even if it is only for moments." -- Tobias Stretch
"Tapping back into symbolic power and the mystical meaning of these things is, I think, a really important practice... on a personal level, it's just looking at the inner meaning of things more." -- Taraka Larson
"Sometimes when you’re feeling actually darked out you, maybe want to do the opposite; you don’t want to indulge too much in the darkness… it’s just the ebb and flow.” -- Aaron Chapman
Karla Hernandez"Synthesizers were finally fully integrated into ['80s] pop culture, music and movies. It was a unique period of musical experimentation in a very broad context." -- Sean Haley of Com Truise
"A lot of the inspiration for the record came from us being on tour and us growing up the last couple of years on the road – [which is] pretty much in the most unconventional way possible." -- Ned Russin
"Our overall album art concept is simple ~ each individual album has different art that’s unique and only YOU have it. So if we’ve given out thousands of these things, then that means we’ve made over 1000 different art pieces, and those different...
This in-depth feature highlights how well-executed album artwork can go beyond genre lines to expand into territories of philosophical, thematic, and conceptual significance. Perhaps now more than ever, album cover artwork plays a vital role in...