Many of the proverbial “Great Designers” of our time have had their careers launched by fantastic record sleeve and CD design. While these pieces are featured in countless delicious, glossy art books, we should also acknowledge that, at the core, the image on the outside is designed to support the music housed within.

So get set to rejoice over this great marriage of art and music on NYC J-poppers Asobi Seksu’s album sleeves…

The artist responsible is Sean McCabe, a one-man creative machine behind Wider-Than-Pictures design. McCabe’s designs for Asobi Seksu’s Citrus (Gigantic Records 2006), Holiday EP, and recent 7″ for “Stay Awake”, have got me all excited, visually stimulated, and downright lusting for these albums to have and to hold (and listen to, of course)!

Asobi Seksu – New Years

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