Lighter in the Mood

Lighter in the Mood is the fifth studio album by Norwegian artist and designer CoolSuperBlitz, released in February 2021. This is CoolSuperBlitz’s first album to not include any sampled tracks, as he had stopped making Vaporwave music the previous year.

Background
With the release of his fourth studio album, 2289, which was the last Vaporwave-themed album he made, he decided to focus on his favorite genres of music from the 1980s. He came up with a newer, original album shortly after the release of 2289, in which he titled the album Lighter in the Mood in hopes that things were going to get better for himself. Originally meant to incorporate acid house and techno styles, this idea fell through early in the recording stages of the album.

Recording
The first song for the album was DX Complete, which was recorded in September 2020 and released as a single the following month. Initially, CoolSuperBlitz had hoped that the album would be complete by the end of October or the beginning of November, but the album took longer than that due to constant lack of ideas, but other songs would be made for the album in the following months. In total, six songs were made for the album. The album had been successfully completed by January 2021, and promotion began quickly.

Music
The album itself entirely instrumental and is generally new-wave and synth-pop oriented, and most of the songs are generally more optimistic and happier.

Artwork
The album art was designed by CoolSuperBlitz himself, who used a picture of a Macintosh Plus he found on the internet on the front cover. The back cover still has the same green striped background but now with a digitally painted image and track listing above and under the picture. The album's inner sleeve features another digital painting, and also takes screenshots from various movies and cutouts of various objects.