Good Music & Good Design

HxC

Hey friends

I have been listening to a lot of music lately and it got me thinking about the beauty of good design within the music industry.

Hardcore is crushin’ it

amazing band and album art - Youth of Today 1986

Out of the many genres I love listening to punk and hardcore is up there with the best of them.

Unlike some of my other favorite genres though, hardcore does not cheap out on the visual design aspect.

I think the hardcore scene has the best graphic design out in the game right now. From merch design to full fledge album layouts.

I think the punk DIY scene has always had a beautiful and complicated relationship with the visual side of things.

From Xerox-printed flyers to beautiful LP designs if there is one thing that has remained true is the art is authentic.

Black Flag flyer by Raymond Pettibon

I know so many talented designers these days who are creating awesome visual assets for the hardcore scene. I don’t have much to say other than how appreciative I am for such an awesome genre of music to also represent that passion and love on the visual side of things.

So with that being said I wanted to share some cool stuff I love from the world of hardcore:

Flyer/tee by NoPattern

Killing time merch by Alex basovskiy

Drain cover art by Silvio capoferri

Knocked Loose cover design by Ridgerhine

Scowl tour poster by Victoria Singh

Jesus piece merch by Jackson Green and Lazygawd

Roman and Ep by designer and vocalist Piper Ferrari

Sunami LP - Designer unknown

With that here are also some album recs for anyone interested

Much love and see y’all next week!

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