The indie genre is very broad and generally aims to subvert the conventions of mainstream/popular music. Therefore, we have decided to have our album influenced by literature. We wanted to have the album's focus on something that we both enjoyed with equal measure, soon realizing that we took AS English Literature together and loved The Great Gatsby. Thereafter we decided that we would each choose books that we liked and pull quotations from the text (one from each book). We unanimously decided that the band would be called 'Voice Full Of Money', the description Gatsby offers Nick of Daisy, his one true love.
The books I chose were The Master and Margarita, Crime and Punishment, One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich and The Bloody Chamber, with a quotation from each, with an additional one from The Master and Margarita. Conall chose Paddy Clark Ha Ha Ha, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime, On Green Dolphin Street, War Horse. Each quotation would provide the name of a track, so we ended up with:
1) Gold Coloured Tie
2) Tyrant's Taste
3) Bonjour Joey
4) Shadow of My Sword
5) Why Fit In When You Were Born To Stand Out
6) Crucify, Judge, But Don't Pity
7) Peace On Earth For A Heartbeat
8) Waxwork Of Stillness
9) Nothing To Do But Wait And Hurt
10) 18 Below
11) It Was My Own Silence
12) Love Leapt Like A Murderer
13) Dreaming Was Nice While It Lasted
For the back image of the digipak, we thought we would have each title paired with an image that represents it eg. '18 Below' will be represented by a thermometer showing 18 degrees below zero, and so on and so forth. This idea had previously been for the album cover, but it was decided that the cover should be simple and effective, rather than overcrowded and busy.
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