This is the album cover for an early band in the scene of the shoegaze genre. This was one of few bands at its time that helped pioneer the beginnings and exposure of the genre itself. This meant they needed an album cover to represent the identity of this kind of music. What we ended up with is this high exposure, very dreamy style. Yet it still carries depth with a very dark light balance overall. This dreamy style cover became massively influential after the genre really blew up and grew years later.
Souvlaki by Slowdive Album Cover