The White Stripes - Icky Thump (abum poster)
The poster continues the band’s colours which are also conveyed in the music video by using simple shapes to create a simply designed poster. The black in the background gives the poster an easy background which links both to the genre as well as allowing the colourful text of the album title to overlay on top without becoming unnoticed. The text of this poster is all simple and sharp with the album coming before any reference to the band allowing to make reference to how well known the band actually is. The way that they use just the month of release of the album instead of a specific date makes the suspense go on for longer which is similar to the way distribution companies advertise films.
The main image has no direct reference to the band at all except that it is coloured the band colours therefore it entices people to read the poster’s information by giving them something random and abstract to look at that makes no obvious sense. In doing this they make majority of the background red which if people catch it out of the corner of their eye they will take a second look as the colour triggers ‘danger’ in their mind.
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