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[Iva]

The cover:
http://www.invisible-movement.net/2345

There's a dead or sleeping Josh on the bottom and a skull next to him.

There's a topless John with his arms bondaged (I don't know if that's the right verb, so feel free to correct me) and his body is multiplied on top of his neck, then multiplied again and again. There are curls and heads are sort of displaced...the top body seems to be in a different pose. And he has wings.

I think the other face, right above the green iceberg/island and on top of one of John's multiplied bodies is a woman's face.

The sea looks like a wall with paint dripping as well. Brilliant. Bloody brilliant.

John is holding the same rope Josh is holding and Josh is also tied to the floor/sea bottom with that rope, in stitches. Also, the place Josh is in also looks like it's right under the roots of some tree. And the green thing is a broken sphere-shaped or egg-shaped ball.

Whoever did this is a total genius. This is incredibly beautiful!

[Marie Gambas]

Waou the cover is VERY VERY BEAUTIFUL ! thanks a lot Iva
thank you too for the interview I will read it later ^^

[beejaysus]

LOVE that cover. I'm wondering is it this guy who did it:

http://www.mckean-art.co.uk/

It reminds me of the art he did for a recent John Cale album.

[OmitMyself]

wow, crazy. i'm pretty sure this has something to do with the album's concept.

i'm just kinda sad that we'll have to wait so long until we actually hear any music from this thing

[orangevarld]

Awesome ! I love the cover ! Curtains was my favorite by far, but this one is a serious rival to get the first place.

And the interview is interesting, I'm even more confident for the album when I see that he continue to speak about this immeasurable place.

[KeRRiGaN]

I love that cover, my favorite one next to niandra thanks iva!

[Davis]

The new album cover reminds me of an intereptation of astral projection and that whole theory. The rope which John and Josh are holding would by the silver cord. Also it seems to show life and death and the top half maybe representing heaven? It's really interesting but I think it really does show some sort of reference to astral projection.

[bonusnoise]

Amazing Cover

Although no text


Looks like Mars Volta Cover

[Marie Gambas]

I don't see Josh is normal?? or is it the face under the tree ???
For me, low : there is John , dead and buried and above : paradise end between the two levels : staircases to connect them . And the multiplication of the body would be to show that John moves increasingly to paradise.
For the moment lit's ike this that I interprete the cover ...

[Iva]

Dead and burried person is Josh. The floating one is John.

And Michael made a good point, though this is also very similar to the work of guy who did tour poster for Jean-Michell Jarre.

[Marie Gambas]

Nooo ? the buried guy josh? I'm going to wash my eyes

[fruscianda]

That's such a beautiful cover. Well done, whoever did it.
I can see the stairs leading down from Josh and then going up, it almost seems as they are on the same level, like there is no bottom part on the cover.

[Songofthunder]

I am in love with this album cover!!! I might be getting ahead of things here, but I really hope they make it a poster. It's incredible. I wonder if John was the one who came up with the concept or if the artist did. Maybe it was a joint effort. Either way, it's amazing.

[MrFrooshontay]

someone must turn the cover art into a macbook desktop sized wallpaper. (hint hint)

[zzz]

This cover is really a work of art !

[glycerineclown]

The stairs leading to the castle in the clouds seems like "the highest point in heaven," no?

[travislopes]

Here's a larger version of the album cover: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3237/302649...69c02fae3_b.jpg

[RedHotJSC_87]

if the album is as complex as the album cover is.....then this my friends is going to be an AMAZING piece of music...

[lindsey_rt]

CHRIST!!!!!!! I can't wait for the album. The highest point in heaven just sounds like it couldn't get any better this is gonna be sooo good. The artwork is so beautifully expressed.

[bonusnoise]

I CANNOT WAIT TO PUT IT ON MY RECORD PLAYER AND LISTEN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE DARK AT NIGHT!