Roy Trakin Best recording package isn’t a category that’s typically top of mind for Grammy prognosticators, but one group’s album art stands out among its peers this year.
Surfaces, the Texas duo of Forrest Frank and Colin Padalecki, met on the internet and began collaborating via SoundCloud files, so it stands to reason that their visuals would also be of the digital variety.Boasting the cool, elemental “Miami Vice” color palette associated with the tropics, and reflected in the breezy, laid-back pop of songs like “Sunday Best” — incorporating elements of jazz, bossa nova, doo-wop and lounge music — the distinctive geometric, pastel visuals of sunrises, sunsets, palm trees, sandy beaches and blue skies carry over to the band’s merch.
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