Where were the pictures of the brilliant CD packaging taken?
I really love this packaging, down to the paper stock: it’s coarse and heavy and even smells ideal to the content of the album. I took the pictures off the side of the state ferry heading up Alaska’s “Inside Passage.” I believe the islands photographed are south of Ketchikan. I also really like the packaging. The credit goes to Rachel Boaz-Scott from Glass Throat Recordings who completely understood how to combine her graphic vision with the feeling behind the music. Andee Connors, the owner of tUMULt, the record label that put out the Noisegate albums, refers to The Towers are Burning as having “squalls of noise that are like grindcore, but without the drums.” What do you think of this description? Do you like any grindcore? I think tUMULt is my favorite overall record label. It’s so diverse and always interesting. I think it is a good description. Wood from Man is the Bastard said “Noisegate is the worm.” I have no idea what that means, but I like it. As far as grindcore goes or any
