BOBBY BENEDICK ALBUM COVER, SHIRT, & CAN
I created this album cover, vinyl, and t-shirt for two good friends of mine who make music under the name Bobby Benedick. I based the album cover design on their most popular song “Kiddo.” The song is about Luke, the older brother, leaving for college, leaving Ryan as the last brother at home. The song depicts a phone call of the brothers reminiscing over the times they spent together at home. The entire album is representative of their close bond and their love of spending time with one another.
In the song “Kiddo” there are lyrics such as: Why’d you have to move so far away; I hope back home it’s on par; I find myself dreaming of times in the future when I get up and pack. The composition of the song resembles a phone conversation between the two brothers. To represent that, I depicted them talking to one other on tin can walkie-talkies in the “desert of memories” in their heads. The back cover similar to the front shows Luke the older brother running away, from Ryan, and going to college. The brothers also make all their music in a closet with a simple mic and computer which is represented by the desk Ryan is sitting at.
For the t-shirt I wanted it to be highly related to the album cover itself, I made this composition of the tin can and string being wrapped up in the objects from the cover inferring there was some change since the cover, possibly that Luke came back and they don’t have to talk over the phone anymore. I created a label for a tin can because I wanted a clever way to display and hold the shirt if it were to be sold at concerts and again the tin can became an extension of their brand as a band.