Original cover of ‘umbug

Arctic Monkeys at The Majestic Ventura Theater May 22nd, 2013. (Credit to Lindsey Best) (x)

So that was great. And tiring. And I wasn’t even there. Now we wait for the videos. I’ll post the full gig coverage once we get more material. Here’s a tag for everything Ventura.

↳ silhouettes

Chris McClure, a friend of the band’s from High Green, ended up – unwittingly – becoming the cover star. “It made sense to have him on the front cover,” said designer Scott Jones, “because as an album, it’s representing a day in the life of this guy, it’s representing the whole ‘work during the week, get twatted at the weekend, then do the same thing over and over again’ thing. The cover shot is just a snapshot of the Saturday night at one point.”

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