Lav's Music Corner

Tyler showed up earlier this year with credentials as a photographer and tagged along through most of 2020 penning judgement on the quality of each of the album covers accompanying the albums and EPs I reviewed for the blog. So just like I'm recapping the year musically Tyler put together a list of his 10 favorite album covers of the year for Day 2 of List Week 2020.  10. HAIM - Women In Music Pt. 3 I like this cover. Knowing the previous aesthetics of the sisters, I think this fits in well with their indie vintage photo style and it encompasses what their style is and has been for a while. It has a lot of detail packed into the simple photo and it takes time to look into all the background gems. I appreciate that the sign in the back is used as the title and it adds itself into the composition rather than sitting on top of it. Overall I think this is wildly successful and adds to the list of the other very strong covers in their discography. 9. Moses Sumney - Grae This cover is gr...

Phoebe Bridgers is an LA based indie rock singer-songwriter who released her debut record back in 2017. Since then the record has received critical acclaim and she has been a part of a number of high profile collaborations that grew her profile in a major way before the lead up to Punisher . Review By Lavender: I heard Phoebe's debut record Stranger In The Alps  back in 2017 when it first came out and I thought it was a pretty decent but I could have never predicted the next three years for her. At the tail end of 2018 Phoebe teamed up with a pair of other folk diagonal artists in Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus to form boygenius and release a pretty damn good EP. The collab that really grabbed my attention however was next years Better Oblivion Community Center. A project fronted by Phoebe alongside Conor Oberst front-man of legendary 2000's folk band Bright Eyes. Not only is a cosign from an artist of Conor's caliber impressive for anybody but I also enjoyed the record the pa...