The Lost Tapes

Album Cover — The Lost Tapes

A stark purple duotone washes a street-level photograph from the L.A. riots, turning the scene into a charged memory. A plume of smoke rises behind hand-painted storefront signs—“MOTEL,” “LIQUOR”—while traffic lights and a bent streetlamp cut diagonals across the frame. Crowds and cars sit in gritty halftone grain, with a small, distressed “lost tapes” title tucked near a street sign. The Parental Advisory lockup anchors the bottom-right, and the square crop keeps the composition tight for streaming thumbnails. The palette and texture amplify the era’s unrest—unsettled, raw, and unmistakably Los Angeles.