The Midsummer Station; Owl City

    It honestly surprises me Owl City only worked with them for the one cover as of now, because looking through their artwork, they seem like a perfect partner. When I think Owl City, I think surreal, nature, ‘I have no idea what he is talking about but I love it’, and I get the same feeling from a lot of the digital art that Pranckevičius creates. I specifically feel the song ‘Dreams and Disasters’ connects with the album cover, which is coincidently the first song of the track (Young 2021). There is something about the danger of the looming shadow in the water, the body of water pressing up against the housing, and the person fishing at sunset, that really feels like there is so much to tell, or perhaps this is a dream, certainly with some possible disasters ahead. While the song is very hopeful, energetic and uplifting, and despite everything going on in the art, the calm the figure in the boat appears to have, and the still water not daring to damage the homes, gives off the same energy.

    There are not many musicians that I end up remembering, let alone album covers, but I had no hesitation on what album cover I wanted to do this assignment on. The art always piqued my interest, like there was a story behind it, and most of the songs in the album are fun to dance to, and daydream with. Something about Owl City’s music always stuck with me, maybe because to me the music sounds so unique, or because of how fun the songs were to build stories in my head to. Perhaps, I just like his voice and electronica music. The art on the other hand, though I love it, I am not sure if I would say I connect to it. It is interesting, but I could not pick a particular thing about it individually that I feel connected to.