Album cover 4. The Wombats - a guide to love, loss and despiration

A guide to love, loss and desperation is the first album released by British Indie band 'The wombats' in 2007.

The image on the cover is of a set of shelves taken from what looks like someones bedroom. The mise en scene of the image creates a livened mood. The props used such as a glass, a fake mouth give the affect of a teenagers bedroom as there pointless things that can usually be found round a teenagers bedroom. The colours used are bright and stand out which creates a happy and relaxed mood. It can be seen as giving a hint to what the album contains within it.

The type of the title and band name is presented well through the use of different colours and fonts. The band name stands out because of the background colour of pink which is bound to catch the audiences eye, the use of capitals for 'WOMBATS' reinforces the importance of the band. This technique is used again for the title of the album, making it stand out. The effect this causes is that it reinforces the idea that the title is more important then the image, as the title of an album usually describes what the album contains.

This is used to good effect as we can highlight the target audience from this. Love Loss and desperation are some of the most dominant feelings and are usually linked to teenage years. Therefor connoting that the album is aimed at the younger generations. This idea is reinforced through the props and colours also used in the image that connotes a lively atmosphere. It could be said the intended target audience are teenage girls, this comes from the use of the colour pink which is associated with girls and is also reinforced by the word 'love' as there is common ideology that girls prefer to listen to songs of love.

Neither gender is represented on the cover, connoting that the album is open for both to listen too . This is a key ingredient to the genre as the genre is open up to both genders. The genre is put across to the audience through the use of props, as the props we can see in the image seem pretty unique and individual. Which is also the aim of alot of bands in the genre to be unique and different from the other bands or artists.