“The idea for this cover came from something about keeping tabs, keeping up with the news, finger on the pulse, having your ear to the ground. I had always wanted to use a very large wave or tsunami ever since Dark Side, when we had suggested a photographic version of the comic book hero the Silver Surfer. The body painting, suggestive of depth contours on a map suggests some unfathomable affinity with what’s to come or some peculiar ritual involving the girl and the sea: does she know what’s coming? In fanciful moments I like to think of this design as Pink Floyd meets Roxy Music. Deepest Blue said they loved it, envisaging perhaps their music as about to wash over an unsuspecting public.”

A weighty Somerset paper has been used for this edition, printed in archival inks by the renowned Coriander Studios in London.

Signed by: Storm Thorgerson

Image size: 19 x 19 inches / Paper size: 25.5 x 33.5 inches

Edition size: 395

Print type: Silkscreen

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