New York-based electroclash duo Fischerspooner today revealed the cover art for its upcoming record, Entertainment, due out in May. Member Casey Spooner enlisted Nicola Formichetti, creative director of Dazed and Confused magazine, to assemble the styling cast that would create the look.
Spooner elaborates on the significance of the illuminated hat: "This hat is based on a Kabuki dance called Wisteria Maiden. In the traditional dance they use a hat that becomes lots of things. It is a prop that transforms into an umbrella, a shield and a palette. I made a prototype that was my straw boater with a hat box lid stuck on top and held on with a bungee cord. Nasir took that prototype and transformed it into what you see now. I do a dance at the beginning of the show about outer space. Now the hat signifies even more things: the moon, isolation, ambition, show biz and space travel. I like that it combines several strange and conflicting references that all add up. It is real neon that Lite Brite Neon installed with a battery pack so I can wear it on stage. And it matches our new logo."
