Israel Nash Gripka – New York Town

The cover of Israel Nash Gripka’s New York Town shows the tousle haired singer songwriter bowed seriously over his guitar in a park overlooking Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan skyline. The faded looking sleeve has been treated to appear beaten and worn, like an old vinyl record sleeve battered by constant use, the conceit continuing down to the black disc printed to look like a miniature LP. On the strength of the music it contains it may not be too long before the record sleeve gets worn