Gustafer Yellowgold Coming to Long Island Children's Museum This Week

Gustafer Yellowgold is bringing all-ages alternative shows to Long Island Children's Museum this Tuesday and Wednesday, July 11 & 12.

Gustafer Yellowgold's show is a funny and touching multimedia performance of music, colored-pencil animations and storytelling. The music and 'moving art' shows are performed by Grammy nominated artist Morgan Taylor. All of the songs are whimsical and super-catchy narratives that explain the life of a friendly alien from the Sun who now resides in a wildly imaginative version of the woods of Minnesota.

IF YOU GO:

GUSTAFER YELLOWGOLD AT LONG ISLAND CHILDREN'S MUSEUM

Tuesday & Wednesday, July 11 & 12 @ 11:30AM

Tickets: Member Tickets $7, Non-Member Tickets $9,Theater Only Tickets $12

Artist Website: gustaferyellowgold.com

Venue Website: www.licm.org/calendar/#date=&category=Theater

This September will bring the release of Taylor's 8th album Brighter Side, the eighth full-length Gustafer Yellowgold release from Grammy nominated songwriter/cartoonist Morgan Taylor. The new album thematically expands on the two stories of the series' protagonist, friendly alien Gustafer Yellowgold, from his current life in Minnesota back to his years spent growing up on the Sun.

Life themes of being your own person and following your own path coupled with the good and the bad of those choices fill the album and provoke dramatic and passionate feelings. Taylor views childhood as, "A whirlwind of emotions that turn drastically on a dime. Gustafer's evolutional journey of self-awareness mirrors the development of the child at around the age of 8-9, when we realize our point of view is our own and we exist separately from our parents and the world." This new duality creates the question: can you see the "Brighter Side?"

Unlike previous DVD/CD sets, Brighter Side is the first music-only release, and has a clear half-and-half delineation between "Earth songs" and "Sun songs" as Taylor Seeks to deepen the story of Gustafer's struggle during his former life on the Sun. The opening track, "Brighter Side," undoubtedly the most relatable and comforting song on the collection, is about the concept of balance in life and reminds us that "nothing is impossible" and to keep dreaming. "Ride A Line O' Stars" came to Taylor in a dream complete with its country shuffle and vivid imagery is about traveling through a spacey mystery into the unknown. The comical "Hot Nights" details Gustafer's experiences with torturous heat-based insomnia on the sun and features special guest and friend Pat Sansone of Wilco. On the synth-pop "The Carvery" the rebellious young alien complains of familial work expectations while the more Broadway stage like romp, "King Of The Sun" has him shunning the popular Solarian life-aspiration to rule. Thankfully Gustafer also introduces "Ellen Lemon" through a platonic love song about his sun-based best friend and confidante, proving life there wasn't all bad.

Earth songs include the upbeat retro "Lucky Day," and the grooving, forest party anthem "Meet Me By The Fun," which both illustrate Gustafer's current charmed life in the woods of Minnesota. "Window" is a relaxed tune about being content watching the busy world outside your window while sitting still. "Baconstein," however, shows that Earth can have its own hazards, personalities and egos to navigate when Gustafer's previously known nemesis (and fan favorite) Cakenstein creates a partner in crime to seek revenge on him. It's a reminder again that there is good and bad and tension and ease in everything. The standout album closer, "I Love The Night" is another dream- inspired song that delivers an epic orchestral arrangement and dreamy spoken word section which delves into the lovely mysteries of night. The album concludes with a lush and mellow anniversary edition of the popular "I Jump On Cake" off Taylor's first album from 2005.

Taylor's music has always been built to stand on its own, but after 12 years of video-based releases (with a hand-drawn video for each song on the album), Brighter Side puts the visuals into the listener's head with wild and vivid lyrical imagery. Videos for many songs on the album will however be regularly rolling out online over the course of the following months starting with "Lucky Day", "Hot Nights" and "Baconstein". Additionally, Taylor will be touring around the country this fall in support of the release. Stay tuned to gustaferyellowgold.com for updates and tour dates.

The music and 'moving art' of Gustafer Yellowgold is created and performed by Grammy nominated artist, Morgan Taylor. The Ohio native transplanted to New York City in 1999, melding his artistic passions of cartooning and songwriting in what began as children's picture books starring the yellow, friendly Sun alien. "It's been twelve years of developing this character, and really finding his story," the father of two young boys says. "The more I do, the more I see that I've merely scratched the surface. There's so much more to come."

TRACKLISTING:

Brighter Side

Ride A Line O' Stars

Lucky Day

Meet Me By The Fun

Hot Nights (w/ Wilco's Pat Sansone)

Ellen Lemon

Window

Baconstein

The Carvery (w/ Wilco's Pat Sansone)

King of the Sun

I Love The Night

(Bonus Track) I Jump On Cake "17

Pre-Order: July 18, 2017
Street Date: September 8, 2017
Distribution by Redeye Worldwide: 877.733.3931
Suggested Retail Price: $12.99

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