Label: Sub Pop
Released 2017
"Nobody cared about their old heads, because the new ones work just fine now, don't they?.... they have the same size mouth and eyes. The song “Old Heads” is a sci-fi space anthem to technology that constantly replaces itself, proving both necessary and unnecessary at the same time. It’s also a jangly pop gem, a trip through the fantastical that is ultimately warm and relatable. This remarkable coexistence is one of many achievements of CHAD VANGAALEN’s Light Information, his sixth record on Sub Pop, due September 8th. 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 & THE HEART and produced records for WOMEN, ALVVAYS, and others
Track Listing:
- Mind Hijackers Curse
- Locked In The Phase
- Prep Piano + 770
- Host Body
- Mystery Elementals
- Old Heads
- Golden Oceans
- Faces Lit
- Pine And Clover
- You Fool
- Broken Bell
- Static Shape