Mixtape #17: Snacking On The 7-inch

The latest installment of our mixtape series highlights the 7" vinyl single—a format that was introduced in 1949 by RCA and is still alive and thriving today. The tracklist below features 21 different 7"s put out by some of our favorite artists and labels.*

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Craft Spells :: Idle Labor

Every time I glance at the album artwork for Craft Spell's debut LP Idle Labor, I'm immediately reminded of the classic cover for New Order's Power, Corruption & Lies. English artist Peter Saville adorned the 1983 cover with a reproduction of "A Basket of Roses" by French painter Henri Fantin-Latour and a color-based code to represent the band's name and album title. On Idle Labor, a pastel colored bouquet of flowers clearly pays homage to both New Order and the band's then Factory Records home, but perhaps by being photographed through a window, the flowers appear blurred with movement from reflections of light.