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Dan Mangan's Natural Light, out now via Arts & Crafts, is a warm, unfiltered return to form from one of Canada’s most distinct voices. Written over the past several years and captured in just six days with his closest collaborators at a cabin in southern Ontario, the album brings together 13 songs that balance personal tenderness with an awareness of the world’s chaos.
Playful, poignant and deeply human, Natural Light trades studio polish for something looser and more immediate. The arrangements feel alive, with clarinets, slide guitars, and saxophones weaving through reflections on fatherhood, modern life, and the search for contentment. Lead single “Melody” sets the tone—bittersweet but bright, aching but buoyant.
Recorded mostly live off the floor, and produced collectively by Mangan and longtime bandmates Jason Haberman, Mike O’Brien and Don Kerr, the album glows with intimacy and spontaneity. It marks a return to “song songs,” and to Mangan’s roots in folk storytelling. Still, there’s nothing nostalgic about this record. It is current, vital and filled with quiet defiance.
A campfire record for uncertain times, Natural Light finds Dan Mangan offering clarity in the static, and comfort without false hope. This is his most complete and affecting work to date.
TRACKLIST:
1 It Might Be Raining
2 Diminishing Returns
3 I Hated Love Songs
4 Contained Free (Interlude)
5 No Such Thing As Wasted Love
6 Melody
7 My Dreams Are Getting Weirder
8 Soapbox
9 Cut the Brakes
10 For Him
11 Sound The Alarm
12 Proximity
13 Hit The Wall
