DAY 15 / 30 - 30 Day Album Cover Challenge

KING STINGRAY - King Stingray

Splendour in the Mud 2023: day 1 was rained out and cancelled so everyone was in a rubbish mood. Day 2, everyone was hyped to be in the gates and music playing. Those who had to catch the bus home at the end of the night (myself included) was scarred from having to wait in line from 9:30pm until 6:30am the next morning for the bus. We got home at 6:45 and slept for 2 hours and rushed back to the festival to catch King Stingray play early on the 3rd day. 

WOW!!

All of my friends were in awe and crying (again, myself included). The band had the whole crowd in the palm of their hands as thousands of years of cultural history oozed from the speakers and encapsulated everyone and their imaginations for 45 minutes. The bassline from Malk Mirri Wayin caught me instantly and had me dying for the release of the album, King Stingray, so that I could listen to it on repeat.

I listened to that album on repeat while redesigning this cover and it struck me at how important an album it is for contemporary Australia. Continuing the work of their uncles and fathers of Yothu Yindi, King Stingray will be a band that will be the soundtrack of generations and political change.