Typeface

Futura Bold and Futura Medium

Image

Original photograph by Fré Sonneveld @freefreitag

Background Story

Contra is the second studio album by Vampire Weekend.

It’s not easy to redesign a cover for an album that has an original cover peculiar as this one. But I tried to give the same sepia effect, but without using human characters. And adding the conflict and the californian aestethic that Ezra mentioned in a Pitchfork interview.

“it is important to understand that the word “Contra” is a fundamental concept of conflict, without any implication that one side is right or wrong. The lyrics of Contra are also meant to express a desire to be compassionate even towards people and things you disagree with.”