Originally this was supposed to be in video form but I'm unreasonably awkward and my headphone microphone is really bad, so blog post it is! So, I was on discogs the other week looking for a copy of In Motion by one of my fave 00s indie-rock bands, Copeland. I found a copy I wanted but just in case I could save on postage I had a look at the sellers other items.. Anberlin, The Juliana Theory, The Terminal?! I just had to add all to bag, and the prices were too good to pass up.
1. The Terminal - How The Lonely Keep
The Terminal are a band that released the most bomb album of all time (see above) and then just dipped. How mysterious... The CD design is suitably edgy with a random bed in the woods - kind of reminds me of Paramore's random sofa in the woods.
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| T&N bands are just so modest they never appear on the front cover... |
The CD itself is very plain apart from this gold-y colour. I wonder if it's the same shade as Starflyer 59's Gold album? Random fact: when I ripped the CD on to my computer it opened the Tooth & Nail website. The branding is crazy.
2. Anberlin - Blueprints For The Black Market
Anberlin are a weirdly popular band. Ok that's mean I do really like them but I'm always surprised that they were actually quite successful. Ok mean again. This album is their debut and probably not my favourite of theirs but it does have the song Readyfuels on it which is like one of the greatest songs of all time. The CD itself is really not my favourite design, I mean first it disputes my allegations that T&N bands are too modest to put themselves on the front, and also it has a sepia filter which I do not like. But what I do love is the Anberlin logo, it's just super stylish.
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| Starflyer 59 Gold again?? The conspiracy is legit. |
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| I laughed. |
3. The Juliana Theory - Emotion Is Dead
Was anyone else convinced that Kate Moss was on the cover of this album? Just me? But it does really look like her, right? British supermodels aside, I just love the design of this album, its so unique and graphic design-y. It's awesome that the design elements appear all over the CD - not just on the cover. The album itself is probably the Juliana Theory's most popular, which makes sense because its very good.
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| The most awesome CD booklet! |
4. The Juliana Theory - Music From Another Room EP
I was not gonna get this album but then I was listening to This Is The End Of Your Life and was like woah. I love this song. So I got the album hehe. It's a really simple design honestly but I do like it for what it is. A cool thing is that the back of the CD is just the front but backwards lol. The rest of the design is really basic and boring but it's just an EP so I'll allow it.
5. Copeland - In Motion
Ok. This is not a T&N album like I thought it was. LOL it's by The Militia Group, I guess I'm a fake fan because Copeland actually only joined T&N in 2008 with
You Are My Sunshine. Anyway, I really love this album even if the CD design is noticeably less interesting than their debut -
Beneath Medicine Tree (see my unboxing of that
here). This album is actually a two CD album, one with the album and the other with some live performances. One problem I have with this CD is that I am missing the slip cover, hence the lack of title on the front.
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| Simple but still cool. |
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| Unlike Anberlin I think these photos are a lot less edgelord and more elegant. I still laughed though. |
That is the end of my CD haul! I'm looking forward to listening to all these albums and am so happy to add to my collection ^.^
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| This is all my T&N albums so far, in release order. |
