What inspired the use of Ben Morieson’s great photograph on the album cover?
I was familiar with his work through the Fitzroy Muscle Car Club. I had come across it ages ago, around the time he was taking those photos. For this record we thought it was time to do another dumb car cover. To me, it’s a striking image that sums up the music perfectly. We had a bunch of images to choose from and this one suited the theme. It has texture and movement and all that kind of stuff. The circle work theme you referred to earlier is relevant as well. The video for ‘Pushin The Envelope’ is visually arresting as well, although in a completely different way. I love the fact that the band doesn’t actually appear in it. Personally, I’m a big fan of that. I’m never one to put my hand up for band photos or performance-based video clips, because they turn into cliches way too easily, not to mention that our heads aren’t going to sell too many records anyway. The video was Richard’s idea. We worked hard on that one. Richard shot and edited the whole thing himself. It was done in two
