ARTISTS / Sunglow
Sunglow
Hog Heaven
Catalog Numbers: FH-058 / FH:VI-029
Release Date: July 27, 2018
Genre: Experimental Electronic / Weirdo Pop
Radio Friendly: Yes
Type: Album
Purchase: Bandcamp
Links: Discogs | Spotify
pressing information
Digital: Worldwide
Cassette Tape: Furhoof: Sixth Man
1st Press (2018): 105
"Grey Bolt" solid grey cassette with chrome tape, black imprint A-side, full-color 3-panel J-Card (two-sided), in blue-back plastic Norelco case. Hand-numbered.
Tracklisting
1. Drool on the Fire – 01:55
2. I Don't Deserve Something This Special – 01:11
3. Hear Your Heart – 02:52
4. Godspeaking – 02:04
5. Different – 01:55
6. Wedding DJ – 00:48
7. Perfect Form – 01:32
8. Taste & Talent – 00:58
9. The Soft Touch – 01:45
10. Centre – 02:30
11. Wat Lies B Yanni – 01:55
12. Touch It – 01:45
13. We Did It We Did It – 00:20
14. Skate Blood – 01:26
15. Certify My Love – 03:03
16. Buying All My Time – 02:07
17. Floatered – 02:02
18. Cubing – 03:24
19. Look of Death Stair / 2 Sticky – 01:33
20. Container Home – 01:52
21. Cyber Hick – 02:52
Total Run Time: 39:48
Side Split: A 1-11, B 12-21
Lyrics: Clean
Credits
Collected Works 2013-2018.
All music written, recorded & produced by Daniel B. Lynch.
Cover Art: Daniel B. Lynch.
Design & Layout: Ryan McCardle.
Release Biography
After Sunglow saw the release of 2017's 'Great Time of Day,’ Lynch released and toured the debut full-length LP 'Bottom Feeder' (on Graveface Records) as Bummerville in January of 2018. Upon his return, he immediately started collecting music from old hard drives, as well as current song sketches to assemble a new concept Sunglow album called 'Hog Heaven.'
The assembly of 'Hog Heaven' was essential, as the whole of 40 minutes that make up the album display as a continuous flow of sound. The collection works as a song collage, leading the listener thru a soundscape that allows a look at formulated ideas, a glimpse of a structure starting to form – immediately blending to the next cut. Just as in classic photo collage, 'Hog Heaven' is a mash of snippets and cuts of what may be – letting the listener imagine what surrounds those brief experiences in whichever way they should choose, also letting them accept the song in it's current context, as a piece of the whole.
'Hog Heaven' could play out as a direct reflection of Lynch's then recent excursion in packing up shop from his hometown of Savannah, GA and moving to the city of Chicago, IL. It also brought us back to Sunglow’s experimental roots. Released July 28th 2018 digitally worldwide, as well as on limited cassette via Furious Hooves, the fourth full-length plays out as one long sound collage. In (sur)reality it’s 21 “tracks” of trippy, (mostly) instrumental, dancey beats that seem to time-warp our minds directly to this so-called ‘Hog Heaven.’
Press & Accolades
“Daniel is a mastermind producer of playful, inspiring soundscapes that energize and incite. I have been a fan for a while and also could put on any of his records to shift a mood in the room instantaneously. It’s fun, fresh and pure freak mode. Don’t shuffle! Play in suggested record order, the songs are all ‘holding hands.’”
– DEHD’s “Five Favourites” for Get In Her Ears, including ‘Hog Heaven’ LP.
“Borderline monotone vocals sit amidst washy synths that gradually become more and more warped as the video progresses (and as the video gets warped itself). I expected nothing less from this ‘weird pop’ musician.”
— Alyssa Welch for Midwest Action, review of “Certify My Love” music video.
“Lynch's work incorporates samples, synth, and just the right amount strangeness to make this 21 track continous flow album a really enjoyable listen.”
— The Deli Magazine, review of ‘Hog Heaven’ LP.
Product Shots
Audio/Video
“Certify My Love” from ‘Hog Heaven.’ Directed by New Trash. Starring Alexandra Miller.
“Look of Death Stair” from ‘Hog Heaven’ LP. Video by Madeleine Daste.