Today Is the Day by Yo La Tengo

For some reason I woke up this morning with a hankering to hear a certain Yo La Tengo song, but I couldn’t remember which one it was. I finally remembered that the song was Today Is the Day, a song that was off of their album Summer Sun. But they released a Today Is the Day EP as well, and instead of putting the original version on there, they put this amazing sped up version that destroys the original. Seriously, if you don’t want your ass kicked by Yo La Tengo right now, don’t listen to this.

On a sidenote, I made that cover above because I couldn’t find a large image of the original. The background and letters are made up of images from Michael Surtees’ New York City Colour Study project. Basically he takes a picture of the sky over Manhattan every morning around 7 am every day, documenting how different the sky can look day to day. I figured since the album was titled Today Is the Day it was kind of fitting. Also, Yo La Tengo is from Hoboken, New Jersey which pretty much shares the same sky as Manhattan, so it works for me. Probably not the most creative of the covers I’ve made, but it’s very conceptual, something I don’t do often.

Also be sure to check out Michael’s blog DesignNotes, it’s a good read.

Bobby

9 Comments »

1. getting “error opening file”

   Comment by Nilas — May 14, 2008 #

2. F-f-f-fixed.

   Comment by Bobby — May 14, 2008 #

3. very cool idea - thanks for making me a part of it

   Comment by Michael Surtees — May 14, 2008 #

4. I loooooove this song!

   Comment by Bray — May 14, 2008 #

5. lovely song! great tastes!

   Comment by sopi — May 14, 2008 #

6. […] Well it’s been almost a week without me mentioning anything about my New York City Colour Study so today is the perfect time to mention another unexpected result of starting the project. I’ve become friends w/ some amazing people, tried things I wouldn’t have considered previously and started other groups that will lead to new opportunities. Todays unexpected connection came via the eat/drink/design blog Kitsune Noir. Bobby took a number of my sky images and connected it to the Yo La Tengo song Today Is the Day. I was thrilled to read and see something that I started and changed to fit the needs of someone else. Check out his post and the music at http://kitsunenoir.com/blog/2008/05/14/today-is-the-day/ […]

   Pingback by DesignNotes by Michael Surtees » Blog Archive » Today’s Sky Mention — May 14, 2008 #

7. i have this on vinyl. the cool cover art seems to be an homage to the old, clean word-heavy design used by blue note and other jazz labels. i think this particular cover could have been inspired by ornette coleman’s album “tomorrow is the question! the new music of ornette coleman”.

   ya think?

   http://www.cduniverse.com/images.asp?pid=6326256&style=music&image=front&title=Yo+La+Tengo+%2D+Today+Is+The+Day%21+CD
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   http://www.cduniverse.com/images.asp?pid=1036022&cart=719818996&style=music&image=front&title=Coleman%2C+Ornette+%2D+Tomorrow+Is+The+Question%21+CD

   Comment by Mark — May 15, 2008 #

8. I think you’re most definitely right!

   Comment by Bobby — May 15, 2008 #

9. Ah awesome, Michael is a friend of mine! I saw this last night and got really excited for him; we chatted this morning about it for a bit… your album art is lovely.

   Comment by Johanna — May 16, 2008 #

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