LIGHT ASYLUM - LIGHT ASYLUM LP

Lacquer cut by Bob Weston Pressed with love by real humans at Citizen Vinyl in Asheville, NC Single LP in a gatefold jacket, printed insert, and 24" x 36" fold out poster In 2012, LIGHT ASYLUM - part of the larger DFA family tree, featuring the superhuman vocalist Shannon Funchess, who sang on stage with LCD at MSG the year prior, and her then collaborator Bruno Coviello - released their self-titled debut album. It remains widely streaming, but for whatever reason has flown under the radar since those in between days. The notable exception is Discogs, where vinyl copies have been selling for like $200. When revisiting the record a few years ago, wondering as we always did how a track like “A Certain Person” never became a Very Big Song, given that it would make even the coldest, crabbiest heart burst into flames, we were confronted with this imbalance and felt compelled to act. That LIGHT ASYLUM found a sort of rarefied status makes sense. It’s the kind of record cherished by Those W