Chad Vangaalen Light Information Vinyl LP 2017

Mind Hijacker's CurseLocked In The PhasePrep Piano and 770Host BodyMystery ElementalsOld HeadsGolden OceansFaces LitPine And CloverYou FoolBroken BellStatic Shape

For an album that’s about “not feeling comfortable with really anything,” as VanGaalen says, Light Information is nonetheless a vivid, welcoming journey through future worlds and relentless memories. The rich soundscapes and sometimes jarring imagery could only come from the mind of a creative polymath - an accomplished visual artist, animator, director and producer, VanGaalen has scored television shows, designed puppet characters for Adult Swim, directed videos for Shabazz Palaces, Strand Of Oaks, METZ, Dan Deacon and The Head and the Heart and produced records for Women, Alvvays and others. The product of six years’ work, going back even before 2014’s Shrink Dust, Light Information emerged from the experimental instruments that fill VanGaalen’s Calgary garage studio. As always, VanGaalen wrote, played and produced all of the music (save Ryan Bourne’s bass part on Mystery Elementals and vocals on Static Shape from his young daughters Ezzy and Pip) and designed the cover art.