No music on a dead planet – Joy Division album cover as mural on the climate crisis

October 24, 2021
By Vidar

The eternal silence of a dead planet

Mural on Peter Saville album cover for Joy Division at Moorfield St in Manchester, UK. Music Declares Emergency said the mural symbolised “the eternal silence of a dead planet”.

Music Declares Emergency is a group of artists, music industry professionals and organisations that stand together to declare a climate and ecological emergency and call for an immediate governmental response to protect all life on Earth. We believe in the power of music to promote the cultural change needed to create a better future.

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