'Arrivals' album by Declan O'Rourke

2021

Designed by Conor Clarke at Design Factory

Photography: Lawrence Watson

Categories: CD / Vinyl / Cassette

Industry: Cultural

Tags: Music / Typography / Art direction / Culture / Album

Released in April 2021 'Arrivals' featured O'Rourke's first material in two years and brought us the most emotionally raw and affecting album of his career. Produced by Paul Weller at Black Barn Studios, Surrey, the sound is stripped back to Declan's soulful and resonant voice, the virtuosic acoustic guitar playing for which he's renowned and only the occasional sparse arrangement of strings and late-night drums bringing colour and light to the LP's 10 songs.

Art Direction, design and typography for the vinyl album cover, inner sleeves, disc labels, CD cover, booklet and digital single covers for Spotify was completed.