Roxy Swain - The Spell of Youth

Spade Kitty · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:49 am **Posts:** 4401

My band, Roxy Swain, completed our album. It's 9 songs, 25:40, but I suppose that's a full-length and not an EP(?) Who knows, these days.

Here are three of the nine songs. I would appreciate any feedback. It will be out on Spade Kitty and Itunes at the end of February.

Thanks for listening!

http://spadekit.ipower.com/Z%20Dimension.mp3
http://spadekit.ipower.com/Second%20to%20None.mp3
http://spadekit.ipower.com/Famous.mp3

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

i think this is the release length I'm shooting for on my next release

downloading now.

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Fri Feb 05, 2010 2:38 pm

Hypnotizing cover.

Kingfish · **Posted:** Fri Feb 05, 2010 3:00 pm

We really need to do something about these street teamers

Modem · **Posted:** Fri Feb 05, 2010 4:13 pm

I really like this band, but that cover is........ uh...... what's the word?

Modem · **Posted:** Fri Feb 05, 2010 4:14 pm

Underdeveloped, perhaps?

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

second to none is my favorite of the three. None of these songs are messing around, it's right into the hook, and done before you even realize what's going on.

though I am with Modem, is it too late to change the cover?

toots · **Posted:** Fri Feb 05, 2010 4:29 pm

good song, great production

should've hired me to do the cover

Spade Kitty · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:49 am **Posts:** 4401

It's not too late to change the cover, but specifically what don't you guys like? What would be a better image for the music?

toots · **Posted:** Fri Feb 05, 2010 5:41 pm

font choice: you've got two serifs from different families on the same real estate

font styling: i can live with a drop shadow 30% of the time, the beveling thing says "rhino records back catalog" in a bad way

color scheme is a bit heartbreaking

overall gestalt is rather uncompelling

im personally a big fan of raw photography-style covers for albums of your ilk, a la:

anyway...

Spade Kitty · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:49 am **Posts:** 4401

here is an alternate image.

toots · **Posted:** Fri Feb 05, 2010 5:45 pm

colder

Spade Kitty · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:49 am **Posts:** 4401

toots Wrote:

font choice: you've got two-serifs from different families on the same real estate

font styling: i can live with a drop shadow 30% of the time, the beveling thing says "rhino records back catalog" in a bad way

color scheme is a bit heartbreaking

overall gestalt is rather uncompelling

im personally a big fan of raw photography-style covers for albums of your ilk, a la:

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/8395 ... daymin.jpg

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/8553/265 ... dshere.jpg

anyway...

Thanks, this is great feedback. I'm not the visual art guy, but I think it's important to move forward with an image that people like, not dislike.

toots · **Posted:** Fri Feb 05, 2010 5:47 pm

anytime, spadey

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

Spade Kitty Wrote:

toots Wrote:

font choice: you've got two-serifs from different families on the same real estate

font styling: i can live with a drop shadow 30% of the time, the beveling thing says "rhino records back catalog" in a bad way

color scheme is a bit heartbreaking

overall gestalt is rather uncompelling

im personally a big fan of raw photography-style covers for albums of your ilk, a la:

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/8395 ... daymin.jpg

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/8553/265 ... dshere.jpg

anyway...

Thanks, this is great feedback. I'm not the visual art guy, but I think it's important to move forward with an image that people like, not dislike.

Melissa was more the visual art type. amirite?

Mick · **Posted:** Mon Feb 08, 2010 10:36 am

This is really bad.

On the positive side, at least you won't be tricking honest people into listening to it with interesting cover art.

Spade Kitty · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:49 am **Posts:** 4401

We decided to re-do the album art. Thanks for the suggestions, all.

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

that's about a zillion times better.

was the first cover a fake out to make us appreciate the second one?

robotboy · **Posted:** Tue Feb 23, 2010 1:19 am

huge improvement

toots · **Posted:** Tue Feb 23, 2010 9:20 am

yes, a step in the right direction

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Tue Feb 23, 2010 10:41 am

leaps and bounds

toots · **Posted:** Tue Feb 23, 2010 10:49 am

definitely a RILF

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