All We Love We Leave Behind Artwork

Today, my quest of collecting information about Converge's All We Love We Leave Behind continues with a low-res pic of the album's cover, and details about the album's multiple release formats.

A staff member of Vinyl Collective boards posted a scan from Decibel's cover story on Converge. The scan is maybe a third of a full page, but it does feature the album's cover art and a breakdown of the release formats.

All We Love We Leave Behind cover.

It appears to be Converge's logo -- the circular one allegedly based on an ancient medical instrument -- imitating a moon phase chart.

Unfortunately, the magazine scan cuts the explanation of the artwork in half, so I'm not really sure what the reasoning or significance behind the moon phases. My best guess: Converge have gone through many phases in their 20-year career, or maybe they feel they've come full circle?

I dunno, but let's compare it to my prediction of what the art would look like.

I was clearly wrong about the artwork being related to either their recent tour poster or the nude goddesses who adorned their recent singles. I was also way off guessing the artwork could be related to a shirt titled All We Love We Leave Behind -- though, these were all educated guesses.

However, I was right on a few accounts. I definitely guessed that it would be devoid of female facial silhouettes, and I definitely guessed it would be different from their usual artwork.

I also thought this album could be comparable to You Fail Me, and that prediction holds up with the artwork. You Fail Me featured a really simple cover with a severed hand on a black background opposing the colorful faux-spray-paint of Jane Doe and Unloved and Weeded Out.

Now, about those multiple formats.

All We Love We Leave Behind will be released in a 2xLP, deluxe and standard CD, a "Mastered for iTunes" version (apparently some new iTunes super-format thing) and presumably (though not listed) a standard digital version for Amazon, Spotify, etc.

In terms of artwork and bonus tracks, guitarist Kurt Ballou says the deluxe CD is the best bet because it comes with all of the bonus tracks (17 songs total) and a 40-page book of artwork.

In terms of audio quality, Ballou says vinyl is the best, followed by the iTunes version, and finally the CD version. He also said the reason for the multiple formats was not to "exclude anyone," but rather they wanted to "take advantage of what each format had to offer."

Something tells me I'll be dropping about $60 on both the deluxe CD and LP versions. October 9, get here faster.