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Light Chasers [Digipak] *

Cloud Cult
1 disc

1. Mission: Unexplainable Stories, The (Journey to the Light, Pt. 1)
2. Departure: Today We Give Ourselves to the Fire, The
3. Invocation: You'll Be Bright, The (Invocation, Pt. 1)
4. Birth, The (Journey to the Light, Pt. 2)
5. Baby: You Were Born, The
6. Lessons: The Exploding People, The
7. Interference, The (Journey to the Light, Pt. 3)
8. Battles: Room Full of People in Your Head, The
9. Escape: Running with the Wolves, The
10. Acceptance: Responsible, The
11. Strength: The Guessing Game, The (Journey to the Light, Pt. 4)
12. Strength: Forces of the Unseen, The
13. Invocation: Blessings, The (Invocation, Pt. 2)
14. Awakening: Dawn, The
15. Contact, The (Journey to the Light, Pt. 5)
16. Arrival: There's So Much Energy in Us, The
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 30149
Credits

Producer Cloud Cult; Craig Minowa
Engineer Craig Minowa
Personnel: Shannon Frid (violin, background vocals); Sarah Young (cello, background vocals); Sarah Elhardt (trumpet, French horn); Shawn Neary (trombone, bass guitar, background vocals); Arlen Peiffer (drums).
Recording information: Earthology Records, Minneapolis, MN; Pachyderm Studios.
After Feel Good Ghosts, rumors circulated that it would be the last Cloud Cult album, but there were good intentions behind Minowa's hiatus: his wife was giving birth to a baby boy. With newfound positivity as a catalyst, Light Chasers is the first Cloud Cult release in a long time that doesn't feel exhaustingly heavy. For the band's first concept album, rather than mourning, Minowa focuses on space travel and uses the theme as a metaphor for self-discovery. It's a little like listening in on a therapy session with Buzz Aldrin while swooping chamber pop is broadcast over the loudspeakers. The 16 songs sequentially chronicle an astronaut's journey from liftoff to landing, and Minowa seems as on top of his game as ever as he deals out uplifting lines like "All our anxieties are in a box I mailed to Pluto" over imaginative soundscapes. ~ Jason Lymangrover
Critic Reviews

Alternative Press (p.113) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Craig Minowa's steady hand at the helm gives this varied affair a sense of cohesion."
CMJ - "Cloud Cult's latest album is like a supersonic journey through outer space."