Grizzly Bear's new album cover has a way of capturing the eye. Veckatimest contains a mosaic of various three and four sided shapes drawn in chalk. Larger shapes are formed by groups of the smaller, intricately placed, similarly colored shapes, while these larger shapes form the entirety of the album cover. New for Grizzly Bear is that Veckatimest's album cover is poppier than previous albums. The colors, shades of orange, green, red are very catchy and linger even after the first viewing.
Compared to Grizzly Bears last album cover, Veckatimest's cover is spring to Yellow House's winter. Yellow House, a picture of sun shining onto a railing leading to stairs, forms a serene, cohesive composition. Veckatimest obviously stands out with bright colors and an interesting collection of shapes which form the whole. Does the fact that it stands out so make Veckatimest's cover better? The answer is no. While a great album cover, Veckatimest is not quite as satisfying as the wintery splendor of Yellow House.
By the way, the music on Veckatimest is great, go pick it up!
