WATCH A SHAPESHIFTER BORN WITH THE INABILITY TO FORM MEMORIES IN CHAD VANGAALEN’S NEW ANIMATED VIDEO FOR “PINE AND CLOVER” FROM LIGHT INFORMATION
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NEW ALBUM, LIGHT INFORMATION, DUE OUT SEPTEMBER 8 VIA FLEMISH EYE
ALSO ON SEPTEMBER 8, THREE OF CHAD’S CELEBRATED ALBUMS GET A COLOURED VINYL TREATMENT, INCLUDING HIS BELOVED DEBUT, INFINIHEART, LONG UNAVAILABLE ON VINYL
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In Chad VanGaalen’s new animated video for “Pine and Clover”, a shapeshifter is born with the inability to form memories. It transforms into whatever creature or object it senses to be closest to it in the moment, but cannot remember what it was previously. It seems to have no sense of self, whatsoever. Or as VanGaalen humorously suggests, “This is what humans will end up being, or possibly have been.”
Created by VanGaalen from scratch, the “Pine and Clover” video is a combination of hand drawn animation (cell animation), claymation, and paperless 2D animation. As the singer describes it, “The style and economy of the animation is governed by my ability to sit in a chair and draw for as long as I possibly can without being distracted by my beautiful vegetable garden. Because of the garden and its beauty, I have been inspired to make most of the environments similar to what I see in the garden, so needless to say there is a lot of lettuce.”
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Chad VanGaalen’s “Pine and Clover” is one of the highlights off of Light Information, the creative polymath’s sixth album. The album will be available on CD / LP / DL / CS on September 8 in Canada via Flemish Eye and the rest of the world through Sub Pop.
Additionally on September 8, Flemish Eye will re-press several of VanGaalen’s earlier albums on limited edition coloured vinyl. Infiniheart, his beloved and long unavailable 2005 debut returns to double LP on limited edition Turquoise vinyl. VanGaalen’s 2014 album, Shrink Dust, gets a special treatment on white, and 2011’s Diaper Island gets a re-pressing on grey marble vinyl, all limited edition.
And, now at long last, Chad VanGaalen’s entire album discography (Shrink Dust, Infiniheart, Skelliconnection, Soft Airplane, and Diaper Island) is available for the first time on Bandcamp.
Light Information is available for preorder now from Flemish Eye. The first round of LPs are pressed on a limited crystal clear vinyl, and will be available to pre-orders and in select independent retailers while supplies last. There’s some sweet new t-shirt designs there too, so get moving.
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Chad VanGaalen’s previously announced fall 2017 international tour dates in support of Light Information span October in Utrecht, Netherlands at EKKO through December in Montreal, Quebec at The Fairmount.
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EUROPE
Oct. 15 - Utrecht, NL - EKKO
Oct. 16 - Rotterdam, NL - Rotown
Oct. 17 - London, UK - Oslo
Oct. 18 - Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club
Oct. 20 - Hamburg, DE - Molotow (Sky Bar)
Oct. 21 - Copenhagen, DK - Stengade
Oct. 22 - Berlin, DE - Kantine am Berghain
Oct. 24 - Düdingen, CH - Bad Bonn
Oct. 25 - Lyon, FR - Le Sonic
Oct. 26 - Amiens, FR - La Lune des Pirates
Oct. 27 - Paris, FR - Point Ephemere
Oct. 28 - Nantes, FR - SOY Festival
Oct. 29 - Tourcoing, FR - Le Grand Mix
Oct. 30 - Luxemburg, LU - Rotondes
Oct. 31 - Gent, BE - NEST
NORTH AMERICA
Nov. 09 - Vancouver, BC - The Biltmore Cabaret
Nov. 10 - Seattle, WA - Sunset Tavern *
Nov. 12 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir *
Nov. 14 - San Francisco, CA - The Chapel *
Nov. 15 - Los Angeles, CA - Satellite Club *
Nov. 16 - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar *
Nov. 17 - Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar *
Nov. 19 - Denver, CO - Hi Dive *
Nov. 20 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
Nov. 30 - Toronto, ON - Lee’s Palace
Dec. 01 - Detroit, MI - El Club **
Dec. 02 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle **
Dec. 03 - Indianapolis, IN - The Hi Fi **
Dec. 05 - Pittsburgh, PA - Club Cafe **
Dec. 06 - Brooklyn, NY - Rough Trade NYC **
Dec. 07 - Allston, MA - Great Scott **
Dec. 08 - Montreal QC - Fairmont
*w/ NE-HI
**w/ Un Blonde
LIGHT INFORMATION TRACK LISTING
1. Mind Hijacker’s Curse
2. Locked in the Phase
3. Prep Piano and 770
4. Host Body
5. Mystery Elementals
6. Old Heads
7. Golden Oceans
8. Faces Lit
9. Pine and Clover
10. You Fool
11. Broken Bell
12. Static Shape
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