Choice Covers: Bitch Falcon – Staring at Clocks
Are you ready for these jellies? Bitch Falcon think so and tell us about how life is strange yet mundane.
Choice Covers: Ailbhe Reddy – Personal History
"The album is about creativity blooming from introspection and self discovery, so I suppose the artwork is meant to represent that," says Ailbhe Reddy on her self-designed artwork for Personal…
Choice Covers: Silverbacks – Fad
The colourful canvas city-scapes of their pal Cam F Taylor informed the album artwork for Silverbacks' Fad.
Choice Covers: Pillow Queens – In Waiting
"One night, Faolán (Carey) shared a series of images from a shoot he did with two guys kissing in a car and the moment I saw the image which would…
Choice Covers: JyellowL – 2020 D|Vision
"The imagery of sinking to the bottom of the ocean signifies the overwhelming nature of 2020," says JyellowL on his collaboration with Tessy on the album artwork for 2020 D|Vision.
Choice Covers: Niamh Regan – Hemet
Continuing our look at the story behind the artwork of Choice Music award nominees, Niamh Regan tells us about Hemet...
Choice Covers: Sorcha Richardson – First Prize Bravery
Sorcha Richardson talks about collaborating across the Atlantic Ocean with designer Andrew Keyser for her debut album ‘First Prize Bravery.’
Choice Covers: Girl Band – The Talkies
Girl Band Guitarist Alan Duggan discusses working with artist Damien Tran on the cover to their second album 'The Talkies' and its respective singles.
Choice Covers: Daithí – LOSS
Daithí talks about finding the balance between darkness and light with painter David Smith for his new album LOSS.
Choice Covers: Fontaines D.C. – Dogrel
"It was shot in 1967 at the Duffy & Sons circus." Tim Putnam of Partisan Records walks us through the hunt for a fitting photograph for Fontaines D.C.’s Dogrel.
Choice Covers: Mick Flannery
"I’m dependably useless when it comes to visual ideas." Singer/songwriter Mick Flannery and graphic designer Matt “Punchy” McQuaid talk about the process of creating the cover for Flannery’s self-titled sixth…
Choice Covers: Jafaris – Stride
Jafaris explains how he and his videographer Nathan Barlow depicted his inner struggles in a visually engaging and innovative manner on the cover for Stride.
Choice Covers: Rusangano Family – Let The Dead Bury The Dead
The Limerick hip-hop trio enlisted the talents of French artist Benjamin Flao for the conception of Let The Dead Bury The Dead
Choice Covers: Bantum – Move (Self Released)
Bantum is the moniker of Ruairi Lynch’s musical output. Shane O’Driscoll created the album artwork and explains the origins of the cover.
Choice Covers: Lisa Hannigan – At Swim (Play It Again Sam)
Lisa Hannigan worked with the New York based Irish photographer Rich Gilligan and designer Amanda Chiu for her cover.
Choice Covers: James Vincent McMorrow – We Move
Photographer Emma J Doyle on the idea behind her image which adorned James Vincent McMorrow’s We Move. Art direction is by Samuel Burgess Johnson.
Choice Covers: Overhead, The Albatross – Learning to Growl
Overhead, The Albatross worked with musician and artist Nick Boon who used a copper plate etching process in the creation of the artwork.
Choice Covers: All Tvvins – IIVV (Warner Music)
The boys from All Tvinns combined the forces of art director Alex Cowper and photographer Ruth Medjber to realise their cover look.