Martin & the New Songrise

What does the artwork for an honest-sounding Americana album, built on handwritten, authentic songs, look like…

Client: Martin & the New Songrise
Discipline: Artwork and cover design
Role: Art direction, graphic design

Martin & The New Songrise is a musical collective with a changing lineup, brought together by a shared ambition: to create honest, meaningful songs with depth and direction, guided by the credo “honest, uncompromising, timeless.”

Drawing on the collective’s honest, traditional Americana sound, I developed an artwork concept for both the digital releases and a 12″ vinyl edition — one that feels just as authentic and handmade as the music itself.

Clouds & Silver Linings on vinyl: sleeve with the red cap artwork, back cover and record

Martin singing and playing acoustic guitar at a studio microphone, in black and white

Clouds & Silver Linings album cover, an embroidered red trucker cap

Four single covers, each an embroidered cap carrying the song title

Opened gatefold sleeve with printed lyrics beside the record

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