The Shins' "Port of Morrow" continued

After writing about the back of the Port of Morrow album, I felt obligated to talk about the front cover as well. The design overall is interesting, but to be honest I have no idea what's going on in it. (I think that's the point, it's supposed to be fairly abstract.) At first glance, the dark mound in the center looked somewhat like a mountain, with the grey sky and stars, but now that I look up close I see that it could be anything really. There's some interesting lines going in different directions all over the dark mound that you don't notice until you look closely. Overall I think the design is interesting and I like that it's so open to interpretation.