The Gift's Explode among the best record covers of 2011

"Explode" by the Portuguese band The Gift was considered one of the best record covers of 2011. Kasabian, Strokes, Apparat or Fleet Foxes were some of the bands whose vynil record covers were also deemded the best of 2011.
This was made by Velcro Design and the remarkable photos by the Indian photgraph  Poras Chaudhary who was also in charge of all the inlay photos. This record was released last Spring and this recogniton comes one week before The Gift launch their new record on January 9th, 2012.