3. Morrissey - Years of Refusal
Design by Anthony Lui, No Allegiances and Morrissey
Photography by Jake Walters
Band Photography by Travis Shinn
There has been a brilliant trilogy of LPs by Morrissey in this last decade, each featuring our fella pictured with a curious object - coveting a tommy gun, playing a fiddle in Rome and this year, left holding the baby. It plays nicely against his past image of celibacy and controversy. But it's more than just a great image: rather than dashing off the typo in a lazy flourish of Helvetica Neue, Anthony Lui drew inspiration from the decorative latin typography found on old Herb Albert LPs.
Morrissey's humourous use of photography can sometimes be over-looked. The campaign for this record featured several shots which play around with the image of his band, sometimes role playing in matching outfits (birthday suits pictured below). It's a detail I like. Seek out the inner sleeves to his previous three singles. I guarantee they will make you laugh out loud.
Any way, entertainment. Here's Moz playing this year at Great Yarmouth Pier. If you look closely you may see my nose.
Bubbling under, these covers also caught Studio's eye:
Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
The XX
Iron and Wine - Around the Well
That's your lot.
Studio would like to thank all of our clients, friends and collaborators for making our 2009 such creative fun.
Happy New Year - all the best for 2010.
More on No Allegiances here.
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