Art Brut's It's A Bit Complicated Cover

Gotta hand it to Art Brut for their forthcoming record's literalist artwork. 'Cause using a protractor IS a bit complicated.

You can hear a trio of songs from the new record -- "Direct Hit," "Nag Nag Nag Nag," and "Late Sunday Evening" -- at MySpace. (Though our fave is "Post Soothing Out.") Eddie will come to terms with the loss of Emily Kane all over again at a sold-out show at Bowery tonight. The rest of the Brut's dates after the jump.

04/17 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
04/18 - Brooklyn, NY @ Studio B
04/19 - Toronto @ The Mod Club
04/20 - Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
04/21 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Troubadour
04/23 - Cardiff University*
04/24 - Leeds University*
04/25 - Nottingham @ Rock City*
04/26 - Manchester @ Ritz*
04/27 - Liverpool University*
04/30 - Bristol Academy*
05/01 - Southampton @ Guildhall*
05/02 - Norwich UEA*
05/03 - Birmingham @ Carling Academy*
05/05 - Glasgow, Scotland @ Barrowlands*
05/06 - Aberdeen, Scotland @ Music Hall*
05/07 - Sunderland @ Manor Quay*
05/08 - Northumbria @ Stage 1*
05/10 - London, UK @ Astoria*
05/11 - London, UK @ Shepherds Bush Empire*
05/12 - Liverpool, UK @ Nation*

* w/ Maximo Park

It's A Bit Complicated is out 6/19 on Downtown.

Posted at 1:50 PM in Album Art, Tour Dates
Tags: Art Brut

10 Comments

wow. pretty awful album cover right there.

Posted by: alvysinger at 04/17/07 3:34 PM | Reply
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Yeah, I don't like that at all.

Posted by: red at 04/17/07 4:12 PM | Reply
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Their first album cover was kinda crappy, too. It's not like you won't all be downloading it, anyway. 8-)

Posted by: Gordon at 04/17/07 4:58 PM | Reply
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Pitchforkcore

Posted by: tjxm at 04/17/07 5:12 PM | Reply
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I like the cover but i'm also an engineer, so that might have something to do with it.

Posted by: Steve at 04/17/07 5:18 PM | Reply
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nothing screams designer's nervous breakdown like a cover featuring design tools. why not just an Illustrator "File > New" dialog box?

Posted by: jim at 04/17/07 5:49 PM | Reply
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Why don't you tell everyone where you got the album art from? huh, stereogum?

Posted by: Jeremy at 04/17/07 7:11 PM | Reply
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Ripped it right up from your ass, mutherfucka.

Posted by: scott g at 04/17/07 7:57 PM | Reply
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i think it's a reference to a herbert bayer illustration for the school of the bauhaus as seen here http://www.ifa.de/a/a1/foto/pics/bauhaus_bayer.jpg

Posted by: mario at 04/18/07 2:25 AM | Reply
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Never got the obsession with this band.

Posted by: monkeygrump at 04/18/07 8:00 AM | Reply
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