Chad VanGaalen - Shrink Dust (2014)

Enigmatic Canadian singer/songwriter and producer Chad VanGaalen is used to wrapping his eccentric songs in interesting, melodic flourishes and his latest is no exception. “Where Are You”, the first song off his new album Shrink Dust, is a crowded and clanking lo-fi pop cut that showcases his continued ability to marry two seemingly disparate worlds.

Even with a remarkably distorted and grainy backdrop, VanGaalen, as always, lets his skilled songwriting rise above the sometimes bizarre production techniques. The result? A number that’s equal parts jangly and dramatic.

Enigmatic Canadian singer/songwriter and producer Chad VanGaalen is used to wrapping his eccentric songs in interesting, melodic flourishes and his latest is no exception. “Where Are You”, the first song off his new album Shrink Dust, is a crowded and clanking lo-fi pop cut that showcases his continued ability to marry two seemingly disparate worlds.

Even with a remarkably distorted and grainy backdrop, VanGaalen, as always, lets his skilled songwriting rise above the sometimes bizarre production techniques. The result? A number that’s equal parts jangly and dramatic. Listen in below.

Shrink Dust, the follow-up to 2011’s Diaper Island, was self-produced at VanGaalen’s Yoko Eno home studio in Calgary, Alberta. It’s due out on April 29th release date via Sub Pop.