Digipak Analysis (indie)- Bloc Party- Silent Alarm

The front cover shows a lot of white background. The deserted, eerie surroundings mirror the album title 'silent alarm' and shows the image is anchoring itself to the albums meaning.


The bands name is in grey bold letters which contrasts greatly with the white, pure background scale and helps the bands identity stand out more.
I think the audience will ost probably be niche indies who don't like to go with mainstream and choose to go for more underground artists who aren't as well known as some mainstream artists. The 'parental advisory' caution shows evidence that there is going to be bad language and expletives in the tracks and may show that the band has a older target audience.

The back cover is quite unusual. The top track is difficult to read, as the white is supposed to mimick fog, which carries over from the front cover where the setting is snowy and deserted. As the tracks continue, the song titles become more clearer. The bands label and album distributors are shown in small print in the bottom right hand corner above the barcode, this may show that the bands record label are an underground label and don't have any mainstream or successful artists on their books.

The CD is very simple. The design is plain and white and carries on the same design scheme from the front cover and back cover. The band's name is again in grey, bold font to stand out and contrast with its background so it's clearly noticeable. Also there's no fancy logo for the band and it's emphasised with a capital stop at the end. This may reflect how the band care only about music and may represent them trying to break away from the stereotypical genre traits of indies being unruly.