The power-pop geniuses known as The New Pornographers have a new album, “Brill Bruisers,” coming out in August. You can pre-order and download the first track.

On their web site, they have an interactive version of the nifty album cover art. It’s a fantastic experience and it makes me think that this is the future of the album cover.

While this brilliant band hearkens back to the good old days, especially with their plans to release a paint-splattered vinyl version of the new album (also with a 3D poster and 3D glasses), I do think that perhaps we have a glimpse here of where tablets could take us for the album cover future.

Don’t you think the vinyl aficionados amongst us would pay for a tablet that is the shape of an album cover?

And what about when the technology permits us to have flexible and foldable screens? We could then have some wonderful gatefold-style simulations of the classic album experience in the future!

The album cover lives. And the new tech is simply taking us to the next evolutionary stage.