Every
Country's
Sun

Music Poster

hazy

timeless

glow

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Mandate

To design a poster for a music album that visually represents the mood of the music.

Every Country’s Sun is a ninth studio album by the Scottish post-rock band, Mogwai. Released in 2016. They’re first album was in 1995. The band typically composes lengthy instrumental guitar pieces. It features dynamic contrast, melodic bass. Guitar lines, and heavy use of distortion and effects. Using vocals is not traditional, here it acted as another underlying instrument. The album is 56:07 produced by Dave Fridmann and released September 1st 2017.

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Process

Finding the meaning in the rhythm

The process included exploring different word exercises, listening to the album for 15 weeks non-stop, finding the general vibe and meaning of the music while experimenting with many types of mediums to express the energy.

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Solution

The concept behind the music is travel. The feeling of going somewhere unknown while falling asleep as you sojourn the nighttime highways. This is felt through the bright lights and glares that mimic headlights and the busy vibrancy of a highway during the night. The composition creates a balance that shows the ongoing consistent melody. It feels endless. The similarity of the tones confuse the start and end between songs, this is expressed through the title type. The blurriness and interlacing evokes this drugged sleepy ambiance.

“All you hear is time stand still in travel...”
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