Quite the improvement!

The Veronicas are planning to take Europe by storm (about bloody time, too) and this is the new artwork for the rerelease of their brilliant and underrated second album, Hook Me Up.

As you can see, it's quite the improvement on the original artwork:

Although we quite like this one, too (no idea what it's for):

Anyway... our official position on The Veronicas is that they are a very good pop/rock thing. Writing them off as clichéd and emo is foolish and close-minded. Yes, there are tracks on their first album that err on the side of completely derivative, but there are also some blinding and euphoric pop moments (notably "4Ever" and "When It All Falls Apart") that oddly completely capture how it feels to be a certain type of teenager.

Their second album, however, is something that, despite still being fairly rooted in a very teenaged sort of angst, takes the kind of pop risks you just don't see in a lot of other artists. Soaring synth melodies, mournful orchestral string samples and a closing song that starts of saccharine before progressing into something that sounds like it's off an Incubus album.

They are good and we hope that they succeed in their quest for global domination.