Reverse of album cover - news board

For the reverse cover of my digipak, one idea that I am highly considering is the use of the image of a news board, such like one you would find outside a local corner shop. It would feature a close-up image of the front of the board, highlighting a contemporary political issue such as the recession or banking disaster of moderm times (to be focussed on further on a future blog post).

The image will be zoomed in at a slight angle to fill the entirety of the panel, which means the reverse side of the news board image will be able to be seen. I will take advantage of this by potentially using it as an area on which to write the track listings. I’ve used an image off of google to roughly present this idea rather than trying to make sense of my poor description! Pictured below.

This is a relevant idea that is fitting of the genre as it references a shot from our own video where there is a short shot of a graffiti man on a wall holding a news board. The writing on the front of the board when finished will also be strongly referencing an economic related, contemporary issue such as the recession, which is very much reminiscent of the issues raised in This is England, a typical ska text. It will be relating to the issues undergone by both the youth of the modern day and youth in the prime of the ska/punk era, highlighting financial struggle and political controversy. For this reason it is an appropriate image idea for an EP album cover of this genre.