Carbine J. Saddler
Brighton Dreams
At the heart of the composition of this new album cover stands the enigmatic figure of Arthur Dott, a minstrel of the modern age, his soulful visage too strong to be fully realised. Clad in trousers reminiscent of the Oasis, he walks downwards as a beacon of creative fervor, his gaze probably – though we cannot see – fixed upon the distant horizon where dreams and reality converge in a symphony of indie rock.
Rishi Sunak – the Leaving Downing Street album
”The latest album cover from Carbine is a classic of the fine art album cover genre, a genre that he is swiftly making his own. With deliberate reference to covers by Nirvana, Slippery Hugh and The Swimming Pool Duo, Carbine has created a piece that sings with both political intrigue and Mediterranean holiday vibes. Not many artists can combine such diverse influences with such panache and sheer excitement but Carbine manages to sideswipe the viewer with his left field extravaganza.
Everyone who sees the cover is thrown into a pool of not just water, but realpolitik. Whose feet can we see, we ask, why are there only three feet? Has there been a terrible disaster? Yes – here Carbine cleverly refers obliquely to the failure of the Sunak government. But he does it with joy, with effervescence, with a delight in the political status quo and a desire for everyone to put their feet metaphorically in a pool – though the font of the album’s name makes it clear he believes this is illusory.”
Aphrodite Zimmerman, art advisor and collector of coffee shop cups.
Edition of 10
Carbine J. Saddler – Fine artist specialising in album covers
Carbine first saw an album cover when he was three and immediately thought that they were the epitome of style and panache. “An album cover is everything to all people, there is no better receptacle of art. It can carry a message, a design, a memory, an order, anything. Currently I am working on a series of album covers that represent the albums that the shadow cabinet would release if they were musicians.”