So the album is entitled Real Emotional Trash. Given that moniker, the album cover should be something like a snapshot of Britney freaking out as she's dragged off to the psych ward, right? Or a picture of the latest contestant kicked off The Biggest Loser breaking down after being eliminated? Not exactly. How about a Richard Serra-esque whirly spiral pattern with what appears to be a mutant Woodstock flitting on it? Ummm . . . okay. That's what Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks are going with for the cover of their new album, at left. Real Emotional Trash is on for a March 18 release via Matador.
Malkmus and the Jicks reveal Real cover art
So the album is entitled Real Emotional Trash. Given that moniker, the album cover should be something like a snapshot of Britney freaking out as she's dragged off to the psych ward, right? Or a picture of the latest contestant kicked off The Biggest Loser breaking down after being eliminated? Not exactly. How about a Richard Serra-esque whirly spiral pattern with what appears to be a mutant Woodstock flitting on it? Ummm . . . okay. That's what Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks are going with for the cover of their new album, at left. Real Emotional Trash is on for a March 18 release via Matador.
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January 9, 2008 at 12:08 p.m.
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i love the pavement covers |
January 9, 2008 at 12:42 p.m.
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As do I, although I remember somewhere (maybe in the book WE ROCK SO YOU DONT HAVE TO or on the SLOW CENTURY documentary) that Malk or Spiral S admits that they were basically just trying to make record covers that looked like The Fall. But whatever, those covers are so iconic to me. |
January 9, 2008 at 1:24 p.m.
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Confession: I just woke up from a dream in which Dave Berman and Stephen Malkmus, wearing felt hats, picked me up from the airport and drove me to some speech. I charmed Stephen with some airplane humor, and I was totally hitting it off with them WHEN THE GODDAMN PHONE WOKE ME UP. I haven't had a good dream in months. |
January 9, 2008 at 1:47 p.m.
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Was Berman nice? He doesn't seem like he'd be all that talkative. But y'know, since it was a dream, maybe he was? |
January 9, 2008 at 7:45 p.m.
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He didn't talk much. He just made some clever remarks. Malkmus was more friendly. |
February 17, 2008 at 5:15 a.m.
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WHO DESIGNED THIS COVER ART? |
That cover sucks. The most Malk-like cover he had was the self-titled.