Peter Bjorn & John's Living Thing Album Art

When posting about the the Golden Filter's remix of "Lay It Down," I surmised that through that song's "shut the fuck up boy" and "Nothing To Worry About"'s warped take on Justice kids choruses, it felt like Peter Bjorn & John were looking for Living Thing to push them past the sunniness of "Young Folks"' twee anthemics to something darker. Cue dark album art, featuring non-living things (antelope and other horned trophies) in a blue-hued hand-drawn den. If you look closely, it's not shading covering the decor, it's words ("wall," "trophy," "drawer," "cabinet," etc.).

You can actually get the best close-up of the image at their MySpace. Living Thing is out 3/30 in the UK via Wichita and 3/31 in the US via Almost Gold Recordings/StarTime International. Then they tour:

04/21 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Music Cafe
04/22 - Milwaulkee, WI @ Pabst Theatre
04/23 - Chicago, IL @ Metro
04/24 - Newport, KY @ Southgate House
04/25 - Toronto, Ontario @ Phoenix Theatre
04/26 - Ottowa, Ontario @ Capital Music Hall
04/27 - Montreal, Quebec @ Le National
04/28 - Boston, MA @ Paradise
04/29 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall
04/30 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
05/01 - Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe
05/02 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club

Posted at 5:23 PM by brandon in Album Art, Tour Dates
Tags: Peter Bjorn And John

12 Comments

Whoa, I see concept!

How about tight crop an one of the animal heads and save the full illustration for an interior booklet page or the tray (not that anyone really buys cds anymore).

Posted by: Paul Rand at 01/22/09 5:52 PM | Reply
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whoa

Posted by: sarahspy at 01/22/09 6:04 PM | Reply
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That is awesome

Posted by: EmanuelV at 01/22/09 6:14 PM | Reply
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niiiice work

what do the blocks in the DRAWERDRAWERDRAWERDRAWER say?

Posted by: mattP at 01/22/09 9:42 PM | Reply
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BOXBOX
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i quite like this

Posted by: Fascist Baby at 01/22/09 10:02 PM | Reply
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Posted by: //k at 01/22/09 10:50 PM | Reply
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OOOO... that is super cool. Can not wait for that to drop... damn anticipation.

Posted by: EddieMat at 01/22/09 11:25 PM | Reply
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hmm, odd comments. I actually hate this album art. Doesnt mean i wont like the album, actually have high hopes for it. it reminds me a lot of AC Newmans awful cover art with. And now the new Decemberists album art is out and its crap. whats up bands? Atleast Beiruts March of The Zapotec has a cool album cover.

Posted by: Brian at 01/23/09 2:45 AM | Reply
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I actually like that a lot. Did anyone else immediately think of The Invisibles and the whole words represent objects/Key 23 thing?...Okay, cool, I'm the only one.

Posted by: moonmaster at 01/23/09 5:54 AM | Reply
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The "N" is a little crooked in Bjorn ... unbelievable.

Posted by: Burg at 01/23/09 9:20 AM | Reply
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This looks great. Can't wait for this. The first video is pretty rad. Asian Rockabilly rebels.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVniEYCdaoM

Posted by: Naz at 03/12/09 1:46 AM | Reply
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This looks great. Anybody seen the video? Asian Rockabilly madness.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVniEYCdaoM

Posted by: naz at 03/12/09 1:49 AM | Reply
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