Q. Why would this be the perfect album cover for an emerging band with a new sound?

A. This is the cover of the album Unknown Pleasures by the band Joy Division. This is a scientific illustration from the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Astronomy of 100 pulses coming from the first pulsar ever discovered. The drawing is similar to other drawings of things that emerge: mountain ranges, developing waves, or seismic events. To some it might even look like 100 heartbeats. All of these associations, both literal and imagined, come from this single image which is why it was perfect for a band that was about to create a sensation by emerging from the underground.