Natural Light (album)

Alex Hudson of Exclaim! positively reviewed the album, writing that "it's an album of grandeur (the horn crescendo of "I Hated Love Songs" leading into the strange pitter-patter sound collage of "Contained Free") and wide-lens lyricism (the political teachings of the aptly named "Soapbox"). But, most importantly, it's full of stripped-down introspection from someone who's really good at that sort of thing." For the Vancouver Sun, Stuart Derdeyn compared the album to Blue Rodeo's classic album Five Days in July. ==Track listing==

All songs written by Dan Mangan, Mike O'Brien, Jason Haberman and Don Kerr, with additional collaborators Leith Ross on "My Dreams Are Getting Weirder", J.E. Sunde on "Diminishing Returns", and Mike Castle on "I Hated Love Songs". ==Personnel==

Credits adapted from Tidal. • Dan Mangan – production (all tracks), vocals (tracks 1–3, 5–13), percussion (1–3, 6, 9, 13), acoustic guitar (1, 2, 6–13), background vocals (2), synthesizer (3, 10, 11); bird song, electric guitar (3); kalimba (4), piano (6, 10, 11) • Jason Haberman – production, mixing (all tracks); bass (tracks 1–3, 6–13), percussion (1–3, 6, 7, 9, 13), synthesizer (1, 4, 6, 8), Wurlitzer electric piano (1), autoharp (2), chimes (7, 12), kalimba (7), electric guitar (8), background vocals (13) • Don Kerr – production (all tracks), drums (tracks 1–3, 6–13), percussion (1–3, 6–9, 13), synthesizer (1, 3, 6–8, 11), kalimba (2), vocals (9), background vocals (11, 13), chimes (12), acoustic guitar (13) • Mike O'Brien – production (all tracks), electric guitar (tracks 1–3, 6, 8, 9, 11–13), percussion (1–3, 6, 9, 13), background vocals (2, 11, 13), melodica (2), acoustic guitar (3, 6, 10, 13), synthesizer (4, 8, 9), vocals (6, 9), glockenspiel (7) • Gavin Gardiner – mastering • Jesse Zubot – violin (tracks 1, 10) • Emily Steinwall – saxophone (tracks 3, 13) • Tom Richards – trombone (tracks 3, 13) • Rebecca Hennessy – trumpet (tracks 3, 13) • Marcel lí Bayer – clarinet, saxophone (tracks 6, 11); flute (11) • Begonia – background vocals (track 12) ==References==