the front cover of this album cover is subversive of the indie/folk genre as it usually uses quite dark imagery and obviously this does not conform to this. It is a very eye catching piece of artwork on the front and the intricate design draws you in to study it further. in my digipack i would like to have a simelar effect that draws people in to look at it more. however not using this style of image or artwork. the quaint little flower that is removed from the rest of the cover instantly draws your eye to the name of the artist and the cleverly placed name of the album directly beneath it is the next path for your vision. this is very clever because not only is it subversive but it is a good way to get the artists name stuck in your head. however the inventivness of the artwork of the coulourfull yet dark forest draws on many points of the indie ideology and is therefore conformative.
You've produced some fairly detailed comments about the digipack here - it would be useful to link these to other ideas about how the artist promotes herself. Were there any videos produced for songs from this album? In terms of your post titles, it would help if you formatted them in this way: "Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim - Front", since presumably you will be analysing more than one CD pack.
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