Light Asylum - Light Asylum

DFA/SCD

£35.17

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: DFA2694LP
Barcode: 0829732000276
Release Date: 13 Oct 2023
Genre: Electro House

 Light Asylum’s debut LP came out in 2012, a time before streaming really gained critical mass and before vinyl came back in a big way. It was a weird, in-between era, like both the recent past and ancient history.
 History has been kind to Light Asylum. For one, whatever limited vinyl copies were pressed in the initial run now fetch stupid prices on internet sites. And the critical shrug that welcomed its release now seems irrelevant.
 This is top-notch, black-clad, spiritually punishing synth-pop, perfectly and carefully programmed and soaring on the back of lead singer Shannon Funchess’ superhuman voice.
 Side A, with rampages like ‘IPC’, is heavier and faster than Side B, which opens with a slow, serene, goosebump-inducing track titled ‘Angel Tongue’ and finished with the near ecstatic ‘A Certain Person’.
 The DFA brain trust always maintained a deep love for this record, and those at the label wanted vinyl copies of it for themselves that didn’t cost so much money. So, they asked if they could reissue it, get Bob Weston to recut it, and press it at a really nice plant like Citizen Vinyl in Asheville, NC.
 Available to independent retailers on black vinyl with a four-colour gatefold jacket, printed insert and 24” x 36” poster.

Tracklisting
Hour Fortress
Pope Will Roll
IPC
Heart of Dust
Sins of the Flesh
Angel Tongue
Shallow Tears
At Will
End of Days
A Certain Person