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Leonard Cohen’s Photoshop Problems

I’m excited about Leonard Cohen's new album, Popular Problems, which comes out 23 September (but stream it here now) to celebrate Cohen’s 80th birthday (which is on the 21 September). I’m not excited about the album cover, once again (like 2012’s Old Ideas) presumably designed by Cohen himself, and once again showcasing his rudimentary use of Photoshop and sense of design (though Dear Heather from 2004 was very nice). With an ugly font. Someone please tell him! It manages to be worse than Old Ideas, which at least had a decent photo of the man on the cover. Anyway, I try not to judge albums by their covers but just can’t help it.

View some of Leonard Cohen’s prints here. I quite like some of them.