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First off, are these birds or construction cranes? Secondly, are you certain it was an album cover and not just a random image?
Could be related to a band called Cranes, who might fit the description based on their Wikipedia description and my vague knowledge of the genres they're associated with. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cranes_(band)
So this is a fun one: I'm trying to find a song I remember next to nothing about, that I found exactly once through an accidental You Tube search. What I remember is a female vocalist, nihilistic lyrics, and an album cover that had giant white cranes standing in a city.