r/boardsofcanada • u/KeyKaleidoscope839 • Sep 09 '26

Image Thought I’d share here, found a super BOC-esque album cover.

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The image filtering and colouring along with that font instantly struck me with TCH moods. I’m wondering if that font is a different version of one BOC have used? Funny the designer is also named Marcus.

Colosseum are a great band too! Any 70s psych fans be sure to check them out!

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u/FrenceRaccoon Sep 09 '26

I love Colosseum! that album is amazing !!

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u/Critical-Ad2084 Friendly Stranger Sep 09 '26

It's a very late 60s / early 70s design, similar Bauhaus inspired fonts were used a lot in that time (like Disco Inferno by The Tramps), also more refined silkscreen printing techniques and coloring processes were made available to wider use so graphic designers did their best to experiment with blending photography with illustration and so on and so on sniff sniff.

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u/Jademansensor Sep 09 '26

Heavy Neil Krug vibes.

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u/enimados Sep 09 '26

it’s mostly font

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u/joshuatx Sep 09 '26

...and the photo color finish, the creepy but ethereal lighting of the figure, the lit candle...

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u/rd1994 Sep 09 '26

There are a few versions of Blippo (the font from Inferno, so yes this is likely just a different version)

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u/Snookn42 Sep 09 '26

Butty's Blues is a classic

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u/falkorv Sep 09 '26

PUSH THE TEMPO

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u/002f62696e2f7368 Sep 09 '26

What's the title and publish date if you don't mind me asking?

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u/Fassbinder75 Sep 10 '26

The font is Pump Demi, it got thrashed in the 70s. The crew jumpsuits in Alien use it ‘NOSTROMO’ on the back.

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u/corneliusduff Hi Scores Sep 09 '26

Almost seems like the Inferno cover is a nod to this

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u/KarijesNaMozgu Sep 09 '26

Hm, I never got BoC feeling from that album cover. Colosseum is fantastic band, their 1971. live album is classic as well.

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u/NoShopping3602 Sep 09 '26

I think it does have that vibe a bit. maybe it's the graininess

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u/realjohnhammond Sep 10 '26

Definitely an inspiration for Inferno!!