Name: Light Information
Brand: Chad Vangaalen

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

spcd1203

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Colour

Colour details

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2017-09-08

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

098787120325

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Total Cap

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

sp1203x

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Extended format: Yes

Limited Loser Coloured Vinyl with Download.

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4059251138716

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1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

sp1203

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Black Vinyl with Download.

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098787120318

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Chad Vangaalen

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Sub Pop

Chad Vangaalen is a Canadian musician and singer-songwriter born in 1977 in Calgary, Alberta. With his unique blend of indie rock and folk influences, he has captivated audiences around the world. Known for his introspective lyrics and haunting melodies, Chad's music has been praised by critics and fans alike. Whether performing solo or with his band, he delivers powerful performances that leave a lasting impression. Discover Chad Vangaalen's mesmerizing soundscapes and thought-provoking storytelling today.

Short for "Subterranean Pop" 

The label was an outgrowth of [a=Bruce Pavitt]'s Olympia, WA based (print) fanzine, which became the well respected cassettezine of the same name. 

After his move to Seattle he ran a music column in the Seattle Rocket also called Sub Pop.

After initial forays into the record label world with a [a=Green River] 7" (not officially on Sub Pop) and the Sub Pop 100 LP, the label exploded onto the indie scene with four influential colored vinyl 7"s which included [a=Mudhoney]'s "Touch Me I'm Sick" which made the year-end top 10 playlist of nearly every music journalist in the world.

Subsequent hyping of the label in the English music press put them on the map, and grunge was born.

Label-Code is 03159; rarely found printed on releases (basically only on releases manufactured/licensed by Warner/WEA Germany)

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. 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. While alienation has always been a theme of VanGaalen’s music, Light Information draws on a new kind of wisdom - and anxiety - gained as he watches his kids growing up. “Being a parent has given me a sort of alternate perspective, worrying about exposure to a new type of consciousness that's happening through the internet,” he says. Throughout the dark-wave reverb of Light Information are stories of paranoia, disembodiment, and isolation - but there’s also playfulness, empathy, and intimacy. 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 on Light Information (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.

LP+ - Limited Loser Coloured Vinyl with Download.