Jack Name—an artist uninterested in identity or labeling, who has frequently changed monikers and created this entire album in various living rooms—says Light Show is a concept album, more or less, dedicated to the "victims of the educational drug trade.” His melding of oddball vocals, art-damaged collages, psych-rock grooves, and the idea of “shadow” as self—of creative forces squelched by conformity and prescription drugs—all make for compelling listening. But chances are you wouldn’t recognize the topics without searching out the lyrics. There's some deep force at work here, letting Name tap into that right-brain part of us that craves a little chaos, a dash of rebellion, and a lot of crazy color schemes. Championed by guys like Ty Segall and John Dwyer (of Thee Oh Sees), Name is inarguably onto something; he delivers what feels like a mashup of The Residents and Ariel Pink, or Bowie and Thee Oh Sees. It's unique and a real kick to the cerebellum. The garage punch of “Do the Shadow” and the cartwheeling psychedelia of “Pure Terror” are priceless.