{"id":62044,"date":"2017-09-27T11:00:38","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T16:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=62044"},"modified":"2017-09-27T10:49:21","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T15:49:21","slug":"chad-vangaalen-light-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2017\/09\/27\/chad-vangaalen-light-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Chad VanGaalen: Light Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignright wp-image-62045\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/this-one.jpg?fit=300%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/this-one.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/this-one-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/this-one-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Chad VanGaalen\u2019s sixth Sub Pop record takes a charming indie rock album and seriously warps it. <em>Light Information<\/em> was written, played, and produced by VanGaalen with vocals from his daughters, Ezzy and Pip, on \u201cStatic Shape\u201d and help from Ryan Bourne on bass. VanGaalen\u2019s production of 12 songs is packed-full of ideas, from \u201cbonafide grifters\u201d to \u201cshapeshifters\u201d, however he is able to maintain a cohesion through it all.<\/p>\n<p>The instrumentation in <em>Light Information<\/em> is almost as diverse as the lyrics. Monosynths and drum machines help create a new world in VanGaalen\u2019s garage studio. Pitchfork has described the space as \u201cequal parts garage studio and wacky inventor\u2019s laboratory.\u201d This project is pure VanGaalen, he crafted his own instruments \u2014 how many other artists have a handmade lego drum machine?<\/p>\n<p>Longtime Chad VanGaalen fans won\u2019t be disappointed, his lyrical artistry is very prominent throughout <em>Light Information<\/em>. Besides one instrumental track, \u201cPrep Piano and 770\u201d, the album is packed full of amusing yet insightful lyrics. The song \u201cOld Heads\u201d features VanGaalen singing over the cosmic jam that \u201cNo one cares \/ About their old heads \/ Because the new ones work just fine now don\u2019t they \/ They have the same size mouth and eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The eerie atmosphere of \u201cHost Body\u201d is only enhanced by VanGaalen saying that \u201cthe parasitic demons \/ They can eat me from the inside out \/ I already hear them chewing.\u201d VanGaalen is very good at making eccentric music with depth. This fun and strange album was made available in LP, CD, cassette, and digital formats on September 8th, 2017.<br \/>\n<b><br \/>\nRecommended If You Like: Kurt Vile, Say Hi, Ugly Casanova<br \/>\nRecommended Tracks: 1 (Mind Hijacker\u2019s Curse), 6 (Old Heads), 9 (Pine and Clover)<br \/>\nDo Not Play: 8 (Faces Lit)<br \/>\nWritten by Miranda Roberts on 09\/16\/2017 <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chad VanGaalen\u2019s sixth Sub Pop record takes a charming indie rock album and seriously warps it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4332,"featured_media":62045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,4,3235],"tags":[7665,7666,7260],"class_list":["post-62044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hip-hopelectronic-rotation","category-music","category-music-reviews","tag-chad-vangaalen","tag-light-information","tag-miranda-roberts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/this-one.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4332"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}