From the Facebook post linked in the article:

> Are we so caught up in the past that that we do not embrace technology? Is recording with tape better than digital daws. Is taking a polaroid picture better than the newest tech phone? It's still about the music and lyrics and that's REAL!!!

That seems to me to be a false equivalence: Whether you use tape vs. a DAW, a Polaroid vs a phone, you're still putting in effort. I wonder what AI they used, and what their prompt was, and how much time they spent on it.

All that being said, reviewers are gonna review. An established group will be reviewed in the context of their previous works, and that includes the album cover.