Demon Days
Gorillaz
Front Cover
Gorillaz are a rather unconventional band, as they make songs in a range of different genres, and represent themselves as cartoon characters instead of the 2-man band they are in real life. The digipak for Demon Days is no different, however the front cover alone mostly sticks to conventions, as the band and album name are the same font and size, suggesting equal importance, however the band name is the first thing that appears in the line of sight, and the album name is the last, which alternatively suggests that the band and their constructed image is more important. The splitting of the front cover into 4 pieces could be a potential intertextual reference to Blur's "Best Of" album cover (a band that Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn is the lead singer of). The front cover is also conventional as the lead singer is in the top right, which is the first image the audience will see according to the line of sight
Back Cover
The back cover becomes more unconventional than the front cover, as the band's guitarist is in the foreground whilst the rest of the band are smaller and in the background. The band's lead singer is behind the other members, which is the complete opposite of the front cover as the lead singer went from being the one in the forefront to being the farthest back. Additionally, the track listings use the words for the numbers (one, two, three) instead of the numbers themselves (1, 2 ,3), as most other albums do; this makes the album even more unconventional.
CD
The album's CD makes itself different from the front cover, as the band's name is larger than the album name this time round. Apart from this, the CD has very little design, with the rest of the CD being black (the parts on this CD are just marks it's gathered over the years) which is unconventional as bands often link a band's CD to it's front cover in some way to keep a consistent theme, however the only consistency between the CD and album cover here is that they both use the same font
Inside Booklet
Going further with being unconventional, the booklet inside this album is different from any other as it has pictures corresponding to each of the album's 15 tracks instead of song lyrics or producer info like many other albums. This is done to show just how unique and different each song is, and all of the pictures don't share the same style, as some are animated, some are pictures, and others are a combination of the two. This inside booklet further increases the unconventional nature of the album.
