Once upon a time, a spaceman set out on a dangerous spiritual quest to Earth. He hoped to find his true self and the secret of the strange superpowers that began developing in his adolescence.

The brave explorer, known as Space Kill, lost control of his spaceship as he entered Earth’s atmosphere and crashed into the icy arctic tundra. He wandered for weeks in the snow, until, on the brink of insanity, he stumbled upon a massive castle of ice and snow.

Inside the ice castle, he found a pile of glistening crystals that each produced a specific frequency and made odd sounds when struck against each other. Space Kill used the crystals to arrange and compose symphonies in his fortress of solitude. As he became more comfortable with the crystals, he began transposing the songs into electronic versions of the original crystal operas.

So goes the story behind “Lightsaber Circuit Breaker,” the first full-length album from Austin band My Milky Way Arms.

In the story, Space Kill finds the meaning of his powers and realizes his purpose in life is to share the melodies he creates with all of mankind. In real life, frontman Chase Hill created My Milky Way Arms to record and perform his music.

Hill formed the band in 2005 and said it “has slowly evolved to the electronic pop that it is presently.”

“It’s evolved to this passionate, self-expression career choice,” he said.

My Milky Way Arms is primarily a solo project, but Hill is joined by a live drummer when he performs on stage.

“It’s just me.but I will have a live drummer accompanying me,” he said. He has used prerecorded drum tracks at shows in the past, but “it’ll sound a lot better this way.”

Hill came from a musical background, and said this influenced “Lightsaber Circuit Breaker.”

“I grew up in a musical family,” he said. “It’s always been in the background of my childhood, and it got ingrained in my mind.”

Much of the Hill’s inspiration for the album came from the interests and pop culture of his childhood.

“Just tapping into a childhood love of all things science fiction.[and] those dark, grim fairy tales,” he said, mentioning movies such as “Labyrinth.” “My childhood remembrances, movies, music, just kind of the behavior at that age.”

Hill recorded the album using software called Reason. At first he used it only for transposing songs for live performance, but then decided to write the whole album with Reason.

The album contains songs with titles such as “Control Room Ecstasy,” “Fillenium Malcon,” and “Circusister.” Hill describes the album as “densely-layered electronic pop music with silly vocals and lyrics.”

“I kept it lighthearted and fun, and I hope that will transfer to the live show as well,” he said. “I’m just hoping that it’s a really energetic, entertaining 30 minutes that somebody didn’t mind paying for and absolutely enjoyed.I just like to put a smile on someone’s face, even if it’s my own.”