How L.A. artist Wayne White captured the 'curdled American dream' for the cover of X's 'Alphabetland'

L.A. punk band X tapped famed 'word painter' Wayne White to create the striking cover art for its new album, 'Alphabetland.'

On Wednesday, the original members of Los Angeles punk band X dropped their first new studio album in 35 years, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.“word paintings,” as he calls them, by tapping thrift-store art for use as canvases and backdrops. He then paints words, phrases or sentences — “beauty is embarrassing,” “your lameass theory,” “all that thinkin’ for nothin’,” for example — into the foreground.“It makes a great graphic. It’s a natural,” White says of the approach.

The thrift-store painting used for “Alphabetland” shows a ramshackle rural home tucked amid an overgrown yard, some busted-up wagons and boats and a fishing pond dotted with ducks. In a corner, guys are getting ready to go fishing. Stretched across the landscape, White has painted the album title in primary colors, with paint-chipped lettering that bends as if being viewed through a concave lens. Underneath it sits an imposing X.

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