Mumford And Sons CD cover

Mumford and Sons Album Cover

Photography
The photo is taken on an ordinary street, this represents the background in which they were brought up, or maybe even their attitude.
The shop is central of the image which attracs attention to it. The ordinary, plain colours of the shop shows that they're not a "pop" band which is usually closely related to bright colours that will attract attention. The shops either side of the central one have a contrast in colours whereas the one they are in is just one plain colour. The instruments in the photograph are being subtly used to reflect on what type of genre they are.

Text
The font used on the cover is a plain yet elegant font, most likely times new roman with a twist on the "and" symbol, this could reflect on their music, plain every day music with a twist. The eccentric "and" symbol suggests a not quite classical but older style of music.

Portraiture
The attitude represented in this photography is quite a restricted lifestyle, the members of the band are stuck in behind the glass window in a cramped shop. The fact that they're behind a window could have been arranged to look as though they're on the inside looking out at the life they used to lead. It's hard to distinguish their faces which may have been done on purpose. To hide their identity is a major difference to other artists that use their identity to make themselves well known, this could reflect on their laid back attitudes to becoming famous.

Intergration of Imagery
Overall, the general attitude portrayed is that as a band they are quite restricted and aren't that crazed about becoming famous. The text and image go well together because they both represent the bands attitude well, plain but with a twist. Also, the designer of the cover has managed to integrate the genre of music the band plays by posing them alongside their instruments.