Tape and Vinyl Graphics from the New Wave and Post-Punk Era
This volume compiles graphic material produced for tape and vinyl releases across the new wave and post-punk scenes between 1980 and 2000. Cover art, logos, sleeve layouts, and associated visual ephemera are gathered here as a documentary record of two decades of underground music design.
Published by Masala Noir in 2024, the book belongs to a series of archive-format publications focused on the visual output of underground and independent music cultures. Each volume in the series treats its subject as primary source material rather than retrospective commentary. New Wave / Post-Punk Graphics follows the same approach: images are presented without editorial inflation, and the period speaks through the work itself.
Thematically adjacent titles in the catalogue include Punk Flyers (1975–2020), which documents print culture across a longer arc of punk's visual history, and Noise Graphics 1980–1990, which covers the parallel noise music scene during the same opening decade. Also from Masala Noir: Death Metal Graphics (1980–2020) and Japanese Punk Graphics (1980-2010). Further titles — Speed Metal Logos (1990-2020) and Gabber / Hardcore Logos (1990-2024) — extend the series into adjacent scenes and formats. The full range is browsable under Music Books & Sound Culture.
