Eric Timothy Carlson's Artwork for Bon Iver's '22, A Million' Gets a Tenth-Anniversary Reissue

Bon Iver is marking a decade of "22, A Million" with an anniversary reissue of the 2016 record. The draw for collectors is the visual work: the album's densely layered artwork is by the designer Eric Timothy Carlson, who developed it hand in hand with the band rather than delivering a finished cover to them. The reissue also sets out to explain that imagery, which means the cover is being treated as a work to read closely, not just packaging. For anyone who keeps records for what is printed on them as much as what is pressed into them, a new edition like this brings an artist-designed object back into circulation.

With reporting from ARTnews.