Available August 11, 2009 in Canada via File Under: Music / Outside Distribution. Releases in USA, UK and Australia should be announced shortly.

Titled in reference to a Kurt Vonnegut poem, Nice, Nice, Very Nice was recorded in Toronto in fall 2008 under the creative eye of producer John Critchley (Elliott Brood, 13 Engines). Dropping in to add their talents were such hero Canadian artists as Justin Rutledge, Veda Hille, Mark Berube and members of Elliott Brood, Said The Whale, Hidden Cameras, Major Maker and Small Sins.

There is a raw rootsiness to Nice, Nice, Very Nice that touches on aspects of indie-pop. There are a number of toe-tappers amid his trademark lamentations and, though it’s mellow at times, what Mangan has to offer isn’t overly precious or delicate. He simply writes songs that evoke the wonder and the absurdity in what we do.

The songs on Roboteering EP reveal familiar voices. Amid “The Indie Queens Are Waiting”, “Sold” and “Robots” (all from LP Nice, Nice, Very Nice) are the vocal and instrumental lendings of Veda Hille, Mark Berube and Mark Sasso (of Elliott Brood). “Till I Fall” is a revamped resurrection of a recording from one of Mangan’s earliest demos (All At Once, 2003). Closing out the EP is “Tragic Turn Of Events / Move Pen Move”, a nearly-nine-minute collaboration of Dan’s music and the spoken word of Shane Koyczan. Originally released on Koyczan’s album, A Pretty Decent Cape In My Closet, the piece features Shane’s poetry in the fine form the world has come to know him by. A limited pressing of 1000 copies of Roboteering EP was implemented for the release.

Available in stores in Canada (via FUM/Outside Distribution), USA (via FUM/Nail Distribution) and Australia (via ABC/Universal Australia).

Originally released independently in 2005, Postcards and Daydreaming was re-released in Canada, USA and Australia in 2007/8. The re-released version includes new artwork and an extended track “Ash Babe”. The original thousand copy pressing of P&D is disbursed throughout the stereosphere.