2nd Ancillary Task Research: Digipak 'Champ' - Tokyo Police Club

For the first ancillary task, me and my working partner are researching into covers for the release as a part of a digipak. This digipak, called 'Gloss Drop' by Battles has the traditional gatefold album layout.

Front Cover

The front cover of the album includes the artwork graphics which consists of bright, vibrant colours - of what looks like to be a random selection of home accessories and other odd items not commonly associated with a home. 
In the the centre of the front cover is an upside-down white rectangle with the band's name in their styled font writing.





First Contents side -  Album list (including artwork pull out inside)

The first contents side of inside of the digipak is the song list on the album. The red in the background and the plain white writing is simplistic and follows the indie style theme that the band follows. 

Inside the sleeve of this side is the album's artwork (which is folded) and on the back of the artwork is all of the song's lyrics, credits and their website advertised.    




Second side - CD Album side

The second side of the inside of the digipak contains the CD for the album. Unlike my first researched digipak, this digipak still has the feature of homing the CD in a plastic holder, instead of a traditional sleeve homing the CD. Both the CD and the background behind the case follows the house style of the colour red, with the CD including the name of the album and the band's name.



Full Contents - Inside Digipak

Here, we can see the full layout of the digipak inside. As you can see, the house style is kept over both sides.










Back cover - Album artwork graphics

The back cover includes another artwork graphic, however this piece of artwork shows the opposite of the front cover - the room is destroyed, the props used are broken and it is a mess. This could denote that after listening to this, being in chronological order of the digipak, the audience may see this artwork and interpret that after listening it has caused some destruction.   



Back and Front covers, plus the spine

Here shows an exterior view of the digipak. Notice the comparison of the two artworks - one messy room, then the next showing a creative and organised mess. 

The spine of the digipak follows the house style of the colour red. 







Spine, plus overview of Digipak

Here is an overview of the digipak. The spine can be seen clearly here and includes the band name and album title are also on the spine.