Bats in the Attic
Life, death, and a pile of 60-year-old letters provide the foundation for the new The Northern Belle album, Bats in the Attic. The grandfather of frontwoman Stine Andreassen spent years at sea in the Coast Guard and consistently sent letters to his wife waiting at home with the kids. The letters are deeply personal while covering universal themes of life and love, and influenced the album and song writing. Hence the cover design references the nautical, air mail and navigation at sea – the uniform she poses in on the cover is his old, there are several nods to postmarks and the inner sleeve provides a star map to navigate by. Bats in the Attic is the band’s fifth album, and cements their status as frontrunners on the nordicana scene.
What:
Cover design, merch
Year: 2023–2024
Client:
The Northern Belle/Die With Your Boots On Records
My role:
Design
Cover photography by Julia Marie Naglestad
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Product photos by Shawn Arvind