Death to all kings
Duckspeak
2020 | Indie Rock | LP
Project Overview:
For Duckspeak’s seventh album singer/songwriter Giovanni Colantonio pens about tumultuous times. What originally began in 2016 as an album about the current climate of political unrest, by its release in 2020 had begun to balloon in to something much larger and more personal. For the album’s artwork the first concept that came to me was the idea of watching the panic of the world from our small tv sets. Originating with an illustrated television in a photobashed basement space, I soon wanted to explore the idea of fitting in as many symbols of the album’s lyrical concepts as I could and so decided on an illustrated border to house the scene.
Creative Credits:
Written by Giovanni Colantonio & Duckspeak
Record, Mixed, & Produced by Ellie Karavas at Jam Eater Studios
Mastered by Mike Quinn
Album Art, Photography, & Packaging Design by David Flamm
Digital Singles
For each of the 9 songs I wanted to create a scene involving the illustrated television set and the symbols on the album cover’s border. The photography was taken during an outing in upstate New York while listening to the original demos and attempting to find the right mood. Many of the singles also include an image of a ghostly figure which originated in the music video for the album’s first single “March 18th”. The ghosts are included to represent a feeling of unease that lingers throughout the album.
The Earth and the Attitude
March 18th
Hex
Hard Times
Dead King
Be Ashamed
Iconoclasts
Helplessness
A Mistake
