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Chad VanGaalen

Hometown: Calgary AB
Tags: indie, singer-songwriter, canadian

Chad VanGaalen is very prolific. Skelliconnection was culled from hundreds of songs Chad has recorded over the last year or so, while holed up in his bare bones basement home studio. Using handmade instruments alongside those available to mere mortals, he's created an even more diverse assemblage of music than for his last album and debut, Infiniheart. Chad resides in Calgary, Alberta, which is in Canada. He's an amazingly talented illustrator and animator. There's a chance you might have seen the videos he made for his own "Clinically Dead" and Love as Laughter's "Dirty Lives." They were featured on MTV2's Subterranean video show, which Chad also hosted. He's played with Built to Spill, Wolf Parade, The Pixies, and Stars, to name a few. Mostly, Chad likes to stay home and make songs and drawings. Chad's new record, on the other hand, resides somewhere a little more difficult to pin down. It's a restless, living thing, roaming between simple yet beautiful ballads, aggressively dissonant post-punk, and jazz-inflected synth-pop explorations, at times whimsical, and at others heartrending.

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  • TheOwlMag

    TheOwlMag on Chad VanGaalen

    4 months ago

    Chad VanGaalen Diaper Island [Sub Pop Records]

    Some people are just born with that creative bone in their bodies. Chad VanGaalen was actually born with more than his share. If you can’t get enough of his art or animated videos, then pop in his latest release Diaper Island.

    In true artist form, you rarely find VanGaalen outside of his underground home in Canada, but for Diaper Island he emerged with an invigorating set of ideas inspired his recording techniques on the latest Women album. “Replace Me” is definitely the gem on this album with bold guitar and motivating rhythms. There’s so much conviction in the lyrics “I need someone, someone to replace me” that I can actually feel his moment of pondering life. Then there’s also the mysterious essence in “Peace on the Rise” which would be a great addition to a Donnie Darko kind of movie. Clearly different from what we’re used to hearing from VanGaalen, this album is still a tribute to his natural emotional vulnerability.

    Twelve tracks of nostalgic flavor coupled with outspoken guitars showed me a new side of VanGaalen, and I like where he’s heading.

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