Vessel

Twenty One Pilots is an American indie rock band. The duo group released their 2013 album called Vessel through an American record label called Fueled By Ramen. The cover shows two men standing next to each other with a minimal background. Conceptualized by the two musicians, they wanted to create a more personal and meaningful album cover. With that the two men on the album cover, are in fact the grandfathers of the musicians. The album title Vessel is a representation of the body, and how this outer shell is what can set us free, from thinking of only the physical. This album cover can be easily accessible for anyone, as anyone is able to see the release of the album through various music sources like itunes, Sound Cloud, or Spotify. This allows for the albums cover, and the bands popularity to increase. I think the simplicity of the cover was a good idea, because it highlights the two men in the center image. The top layer along the bottom crosses over the two figures as a way of shielding in and disguising various parts of the two men. This could be interpreted as the physical shell that one of the singers, Joseph spoke on, stating it as a reference that the outer shell dies we are set free, and that’s what lives on.