 A photo of a spider taken by Noel Saltzman is used on the back cover , reflecting the album 's title . The inside sleeve contains the message " interested female vocalists write 1864 douglas blvd. louisville , ky . 40205 " . McMahan confirmed that this message was serious , and said " We did get some responses and we did listen to CDs and tapes . We didn 't end up doing anything immediately , so that idea of adding someone sort of fell by the wayside . " The message " this recording is meant to be listened to on vinyl " is printed on some CD issues of Spiderland , demonstrating Slint 's preference of analog audio devices . 
