How things should have been, would have been and could have been in the flawless, untragic world of Shiny & New...

Now that it's been long enough since its release for us to safely assume it's NOT a joke, the execrable and aesthetically offensive Lady Germagoggles artwork shall be assessed, ripped apart and publicly chastised in true S&N fashion.

Above is what could have been. Iconic, simple, striking. Not perfect, no. But it (sort of) gets the message across, and its eye-catching without even trying hard. We knocked it up in Fireworks in 3 minutes (and then photographed it on our phone to give it texture).

We're not even going to post the real artwork. It'll make our blog uggers, and anyway, unless you live under a very large rock (or impersonate one on your album cover, like Lykke Li) you've doubtless already seen it. And if you haven't... you know Google? Use it.