new covert art + lyrics: shades of red

the initial spark for the cover was the idea of showing the colour contrast of a strong red on a white background. at first, of course, the fairy tale of snow white came to mind, which is all about this colour contrast. it was precisely this idea of blood in the snow that formed the basis for telling the tale of woe of a soldier carrying a red flag in the middle of the coldest winter ever and trying to hold it up until the end despite being wounded, when the flag lies buried in the snow next to him and his blood flows into the ground, that’s when the different shades of red blur together. check it out now.