Norman Fucking Rockwell - Pre-Release Thread

[SylviaPlath 570]

I must be so fucking dumb lmfao I didn't even notice the brushstroke detail in the sky... or the fires in the background... iconic literally iconic

[xxmissdaytonaxx 29,980]

um sweety

OH MY GOD I THOUGHT IT WAS THE 30TH.... IM-

[Cacciatore 19,346]

I had some time to let the cover sink in and I still love it but I really do think there's a huge disconnect between the picture itself and the typography aesthetic. They simply don't match. When we found out that the logo would be more comic book-ish I really thought she would serve some 50's art style, maybe some pop art or some comic inspired imagery. The picture itself is gorgeous, I love the little details like the painted sky, the fires, and even her hairdo, but I think it doesn't go with the typography. I'm curious to know why they chose such typography to go with this record, but I'll probably use the textless version on my library.

[Rorman Nockwell 54,611]

This is gonna be the last time I trash the album cover on here (I have discord for that anyway oop), BUT

 

The fact that ya'll trashed Honeymoon cover and LFL cover but are getting wet over this cover is...bizarre to say the least. Very questionable taste.

To me personally, it's just far too 'busy'. There's too much going on in one image. Less is more, as they say. I don't find it camp, satirical or whatever ya'll keep calling it. It's just a mess. 

But I have an alternative cover I'll be using on my iTunes so whatever, it doesn't matter now.

 

The reason I'm still here though is to finally hear Cinnamon Girl cause I know it's gonna slap! And I can't wait for IYC (or whatever the alt title is now). As for Bartender, I can't help but feel like it'll sound country-ish. It's just the vibe I get from the title alone but obviously we won't know until the 30th, but I'm glad Lana didn't scrap it because that would be a song we would all be wondering about for years. Kinda like Yosemite (RIP). Also I never really crave HIAB until very recently, I think the melody is just stuck in my head but I wonder how the sound will progress. 

 

I wholeheartedly agree. I get what she was going for, but I just don't like it. There is too much going on ... once again, trying too hard, I think. I love the idea of a boat, rather than a car, and I like the painted sky, but that's really it.

 

ETA: the text is my main complaint; with a different font/style I think it could be much, much better, but it's just crazy to me that those logos were ever OK'd by anyone with any fucking knowledge of design or typography ... what the fuck. I feel like I'm back in grade 4 again and using Word Art just for the fuck of it. 

 

Anyway, it's more about the music, so whatever.

[War In My Mind 2,995]

OH MY GOD I THOUGHT IT WAS THE 30TH.... IM-

it's ok you're still my little venice bitch

[13bitches 6,175]

what if she had painted palm trees on her nails omg

Only if they’re black with pink tiger stripes

[Coney Island King 25,390]

She does give a fuck. This cover is full of details and very well done

Agreed, it’s her most conceptual cover to date.

[IanadeIrey 61,162]

I LOVE THE COVER SO MUCH. Everyone's notes about the MAC lyric, combined with the themes present in the title track represented by Duke, Lana's baddie outfit, the California wildfires, and the painted sky truly shed light on the record's potential narrative, evocations, and irony.
 

[SylviaPlath 570]

@@RormanNockwell Nockwell when can we expect an iconic stick figure rendition of the cover 

[xxmissdaytonaxx 29,980]

it's ok you're still my little venice bitch

thanks sis <3

[SylviaPlath 570]

August 30th is such a good date. In aus winter is over and it's starting to get warmer, by September we can usually swim in the ocean but the days aren't overwhelmingly hot yet like summer. The days are so beautiful and sunny, oh my god this album will be perfect for my moody long ass drives in the sun

[Doll Harlow 12,351]

 

not y'all thinking BAR will be on the album

my god. the undiscovered levels of insanity.

Lol

[Ultra Violet 18,496]

Ok I think the only thing I REALLY hate about the album cover is that ugly fucking nail polish

[Coney Island King 25,390]

 

norman fucking rockwig

Omg where did you get the image that big?

[Rorman Nockwell 54,611]

@RormanNockwell when can we expect an iconic stick figure rendition of the cover 

 

When I stop crying over the actual one.

 

(I'm starting it later, lmao)

[Ultra Violet 18,496]

August 30th is such a good date. In aus winter is over and it's starting to get warmer, by September we can usually swim in the ocean but the days aren't overwhelmingly hot yet like summer. The days are so beautiful and sunny, oh my god this album will be perfect for my moody long ass drives in the sun

 

Yes I'm excited! Mac and VB came out in Aus spring last year, so now the whole album is gonna be my spring vibes, just like Honeymoon was. I think it's a big blessing to us 

[baddisease 16,029]

 

norman fucking rockwig

could you send me the big image pls?

[War In My Mind 2,995]

could you send me the big image pls?

@Nobody 

me too please?? I need that on my mac

[Cacciatore 19,346]

The city burning in the background is so fucking ICONIC like wow Lana can be lazy but her mind amazes me sometimes... she really snapped with this one    

[violets 11,893]

wait so what are the chances we are gonna get snippets of each song from a website when pre order is available??