Chad VanGaalen
World's Most Stressed Out Gardener (LP) [ Sub Pop / LP - released 19/Mar/2021 ] A collection of tunes that does away with obsessiveness, the anxiety of perfectionism, in favour of freshness and immediacy - capturing the world as it was met while recording alone at home over a period of years. "Don't overthink it," VanGaalen told... |
Chad VanGaalen
Infiniheart [ Sub Pop Records / CD - released 23/Aug/2005 ] This is VanGaalen's highly rated "indie rock" debut recording. |
Chad Vangaalen
Diaper Island [ Sub Pop / CD - released 16/May/2011 ] Every so often, Chad VanGaalen emerges from his bunker in Calgary with a batch of songs, giving us a window into the private world of this reclusive and enigmatic songwriter. |
Chad Vangaalen
Light Information [ Sub Pop / CD - released 15/Sep/2017 ] "VanGaalen is very good at making eccentric, homespun indie-rock records, and with Light Information he has made yet another." - Paste Magazine "What makes these songs truly surreal (and ergo, sublime) are his wacky scenes, both monstrous and... |
Chad Vangaalen
Shrink Dust [ Sub Pop / CD - released 2/May/2014 ] Chad VanGaalen's blood flows by unrestrained creative impulses. He has never worked in a commercial recording studio. By his hands alone, one line, sound, shape or word leads organically to the next. In 2011, he wanted to score a science fiction... |
Chad Vangaalen
Shrink Dust (LP) [ Sub Pop / LP - released 2/May/2014 ] Chad VanGaalen's blood flows by unrestrained creative impulses. He has never worked in a commercial recording studio. By his hands alone, one line, sound, shape or word leads organically to the next. In 2011, he wanted to score a science fiction... |
Chad VanGaalen
Skelliconnection [ Sub Pop / CD - released 3/Oct/2006 ] 'Skelliconnection' is as varied and full of surprises as CV's debut album - flirting with anthemic rock, prepared piano cartoon soundtracks and quirky banjo airs, broken dance beats, strange nocturnal dirges, driving rock cuts and his fragile voice... |
Chad VanGaalen
Soft Airplane [ Sub Pop / CD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] Recorded primarily on an old tape machine and a JVC ghetto blaster in Chad's Calgary basement, 'Soft Airplane' retains the handmade charm and singular character of his previous records, while incorporating new layers of sophistication and weight. |
Chad VanGaalen
World's Most Stressed Out Gardener [ Sub Pop / CD - released 26/Mar/2021 ] A collection of tunes that does away with obsessiveness, the anxiety of perfectionism, in favour of freshness and immediacy - capturing the world as it was met while recording alone at home over a period of years. "Don't overthink it," VanGaalen told... |