To explain why I have never purchased a t-shirt featuring the iconic Joy Division stacked pulsar emission graphic would be too boring and embarrassing, so I won’t (I’m not really sure I understand it myself). Peter Saville’s artwork on the album cover of Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures is a universal, mainstream image these days. When the album came out in 1979, the graphic was mysterious and, I dare say, seismic. And now, some thirty-five years since I fell in love with the band, the album and Saville’s artwork, I finally have the t-shirt.
Enjoy the official video of “Love Will Tear Us Apart” below.
