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CHAD VANGAALEN - Skelliconnection
| CokeMachineGlow | | This could've been so much more complicated. After introducing himself with 2004/2005's Infiniheart, Calgary-born Chad VanGaalen originally planned to flip his ambitious indie folk-rock persona altogether with a sophomore effort described as "nothing but experimental piano compositions with drum machine accompaniment." No vocals, no melody, and, judging by leftover Oneida-does-Zappa segues "Systemic Heart" and "Dandrufff," not much structure, either....full text |
| | Treble | | Either Pluto (its planethood status no longer saved by technical reprieve) and its three new brothers were mystically aligned, or there must be some other unexplained phenomenon surrounding August 22nd. Like the urban myth that celebrity deaths come in threes, so it appears do great albums by gifted singer / songwriters....full text |
| | PitchFork | | Legend has it that Chad VanGaalen has written literally hundreds of songs over several years of home-recording and busking on the streets of his native Calgary. But he'd still be a songwriter of note even if his output was limited to just "Clinically Dead", the track that welcomed us into his private world on 2004's Infiniheart (given wide release by Sub Pop last summer)....full text |
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