Definitely going to be one of the best releases of 2008. Also: FINALLY a good album cover to come out of the T&N camp this year! I was beginning to give up hope. :[

sick

crazy awesome!

no the perspectives right. if you look at it too long it messes with your head though.

Good cover; I’m a fan.

Yea um…Since October def doesn’t have a better cover than this. The where the guys sitting there hooked up writing stuff? No. This is just better looking, and less plain. And btw…I meant so far. I didn’t necessarily clarify it, but that’s what I was getting at. All of the albums that you mentioned Tobias haven’t come out yet. This cove remains the best to come out of the T&N camp this year.

album covers don’t indicate how good albums are

Yeah, earlier music created by The Classic Crime indicates that this could be really good. I like their first album, but not all songs on it are good. I will definitely check it out! …oh and if I like it I will buy it, depite the album cover

…which has a wrong perspective in it. the glass has a stronger perspectivity - this is becaus it’s photograpged from a smaller distance. by the way, it’s a montage, these metal things don’t usually fly

i only buy albums based on the cover

its true, i has lyke twelve copies of britt nicole’s “say it”

haha. lol.

I knew it Tyler, I just knew it

teh xrubyzx yo.

[since october and sever your ties covers are both pretty bad ....]

I would have to disagree with you there John. I think the Sever Your Ties album cover is really great. I have high hopes for that album. I dont know what to think of Since October.

[...] As one commenter over at IVM astutely pointed out, the perspective of the entire thing is off, assuming that the back part of the glass rim or the hovering torch-plate thingy isn’t bent or warped. Odd. [...]

This thread is nuts. THE PERSPECTIVE IS NOT OFF!!! Eye level is just below the fire cylinder, thus the front edge of the glass should lower away from the horizon line and the front edge of the cylinder should raise upward. Grab a couple of glasses and hold them in front of your face at the same distance apart as the cover, with one glass below eye level and the other above. There you have it, PROPER PERSPECTIVE. Go buy Rex Vicat Cole’s book and read it if you really care about this perspective stuff. For some reason, I doubt anyone does, just nit picky people.

Also, this cover cannot be judged until you see the whole concept… at least I hope there’s more to it than just the cover.

Dear John, if you had read my posts carefully, you would have noticed that I was very positive about the upcoming TCC album, no need to shout.

Here’s why I think the perspective is wrong:
http://de.tinypic.com/view.php?pic=33ma4qx&s=3
Sorry, I can’t describe it with words.

At the end of the day, as soon as the music is out, I’ll forget about the cover anyway!

_pole, thanks for your diagram. It’s a legit argument, one that doesn’t need to be heated b/c it isn’t a big deal. Your diagram proves my point, though, which is that the line of site is just below the flaming dish, thus flattening it’s perspective depth and widening the glasses depth. Your eyes have to be at the right point, just like in a Rembrandt painting. If you’re looking at it from below, of course it’s going to throw everything off.

Either way, I = super excited for this release, but I still care about the art. It’s my job… literally.

And thanks for watching my back Admiral, you the man!

_pole, I can see your point there. It does look like we should see the liquid in the glass. I guess I just took it as the water below boiling up and the water in the glass turning to wine (or whatever) doing something similar. I personally thought it odd to be focusing on whether or not it was out of perspective rather than focusing on the quality of the idea (or lack thereof). I actually hated the cover when I first saw it… now I’m just ok with it.

Anyway, you looking forward to this album? I hear it’s gonna be good. Can’t wait!

I bet there’s a lot of symbols in the cover art and it would be interesting to know the artist’s mind behind them. Like water turning into wine, flame on that thing (whatever it’s called) and the ashes/coal/something else on the ground.

Waiting for someone to explain it.

actually…”near death”…i read an interview where they said the silver chord was an experience that they had read of people who had near death experiences.