Thursday 7 July 2011

Weird Similarity...

A weird similarity:

The excellent cover to Steve Holden's Somebody to Love (about a transgender funeral parlour worker), published in October 2010...



The sleeve to a Simian Mobile Disco single released in November 2010...



Given production lag-times, it seems impossible for the record sleeve to be a copy of the book cover: just a weird coincidence.

UPDATE: Wise reader Emily points me to this interview with book designer Clare Skeats where she talks about both covers and the inspirations behind them.

2 comments:

Emily said...

I'd say it was the other way round. There's a post on The Casual Optimist where Clare Skeats, designer of Somebody to Love, talks about her "adaptation" of the album cover...

http://www.casualoptimist.com/2010/11/16/q-a-with-clare-skeats/

JRSM said...

Thank you, Emily: I'll add that to the post!