Gut Reactions~Bored

Jake (formerly of The Surf Ninjas) has a new-ish band, The Gut Reactions, who are hoicking up some fine punk rock 'n' roll splurge. I kindly got asked to do the front. So I photographed a rubbery alien that I'd picked up at a car boot sale a couple of years back. I liked it because it has a giant brain, a brain filled with BOREDOM! Sleeve done, this will be out on the Bachelor Records label.

Nobunny's Oral Fixation 7"

Nobunny is about to release a fur ball single for Douchemaster Records! Not heard it but Nobunny was specific in what he wanted regards the sleeve, it involved a mouth, braces, sucking a popsicle or lollipop. My bad drawing skills came to the fore here, which is fine because I only had a few hours to get this all done and dusted!

Teenage Rejects Sleeve Idea

This concept dates back from early 2005 and I've just found it on an old USB memory stick, there was an idea mooted for an LP release of the Rejects unreleased and singles material. Would've been great if this happened, this idea was composed of photo's used from the band's Alien Snatch 7" sleeve, there was no official title for this and the band had long split and mutated into the mighty moronic Catholic Boys! Just thought I'd share this historical artefact with y'all!

Caution Hangs

Here's a pic of Black Time gang leader, Lemmy Caution, proudly displaying the limited edition (only one in existence) framed X~Ray Vision art print. Certainly brightens up the room.

Black Time Release Double Negative

This is Black Time's third, yep third LP and their second on In The Red. X~R~V had the pleasure of working on the jacket with lots of input and prodding from the enigmatic Lemmy Caution.

I wouldn't necessarily call Double Negative an out and out concept album, but there is a lunar theme that seems to run through this. I've had the pleasure of immersing myself in this LP and I can state that this effort is by far thee best yet! There are moments of lucidity on the LP, this is then shattered by a caterwaul clank of a jarred lunar rhythm.

Late 60's/early 70's electronica sleeves were an inspiration in the creation of this design, especially groups such as White Noise and Silver Apples, heavy use of photocopiers and the Life Science book Man And Space also proved invaluable. Fonts were chosen and rejected. The 'star' background behind the moon was created by rolling ink onto acetate, then back lighting it and photographing it in a black box.

The back had to work in stark contrast to the calmness of the front. There is a ton of bumph, info and ramblings shoehorned onto the back, much in the vein of a lot of 60's LP's, that means you Loog Oldham!

From the left over bits of photocopied spacemen etc, I created the promo poster shown above.

The sleeve is two colour offset litho, print black and silver.
(Poster Artwork © X~Ray Vision. No reproduction without prior consent)

Here's two more Catholic Boys sleeves, those Wisconsin weiner smokers have been very busy boys since splitting up!
You can find out more at their MySpace page, ain't got a clue how to link yet.
Both these releases will be out on the Trick Knee label, run by the enigmatic Todd Trickknee. On a technical note both these jobs are two colour only, and I've specified illuminous inks, that's if the printing budget allows.

Catholic Boys/Feelers Artwork

The artwork has now been sent off to Raw Deluxe records. This is best viewed using 3-D specs to get the full effect.