It uses a simplistic colour scheme of an off-white yellow wash, with black detailed lines. It has a look of being hand drawn, with quirky illustrations in each corner. The composition of the artwork is diagonal, creating a symmetry to look at; the girl is being pushed out of the frame by the words “Bombay Bicycle Club”, which are in a thicker, darker font. The EP title “How We Are” is laid along the bottom edge, as if written on freehand as the words fall down the illustration in an organic manner, rather than presented neatly.
There is no use of photographic image or anything to represent the band, other than the band name. This suggests the alternative and mysterious nature of the music style; the use of hand drawn images are stereotypical of the type of audience to pick this album up in a record store- a quirky, creative individual, reflecting with the artwork.
This cover is reminiscent of a later 2008 Foals album cover, “Antidote”. The two are very similar in style and colour palette, Foals using a slightly stronger creamy- yellow, and using one main illustration for their cover art. However here, there is slightly more detail on the image through the use of shading and thick outline, as well as using coloured collage to cover the mouth. The use of illustration in this hand drawn manner appeared to be becoming increasingly popular as both Bombay Bicycle Club and Foals have later released illustrative album cover art.
This cover is reminiscent of a later 2008 Foals album cover, “Antidote”. The two are very similar in style and colour palette, Foals using a slightly stronger creamy- yellow, and using one main illustration for their cover art. However here, there is slightly more detail on the image through the use of shading and thick outline, as well as using coloured collage to cover the mouth. The use of illustration in this hand drawn manner appeared to be becoming increasingly popular as both Bombay Bicycle Club and Foals have later released illustrative album cover art.
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