Shrink Dust

Shrink Dust is the fifth studio album by Canadian musician Chad VanGaalen. It was released by Flemish Eye in Canada and Sub Pop in the United States on April 29, 2014.[5][6] The album was featured on the Star's website as part of their musical reasons to live sections.[7]

Shrink Dust
Studio album by
Chad VanGaalen
ReleasedApril 29, 2014
GenreIndie rock
Folk
Experimental
LabelFlemish Eye
Sub Pop
ProducerSelf-produced
Chad VanGaalen chronology
Diaper Island
(2011)
Shrink Dust
(2014)
Light Information
(2017)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic78/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Consequence of Sound(B)[2]
NME(8/10)[3]
Pitchfork Media(7.8/10)[4]

The album was a longlisted nominee for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize.[8]

The album was the most played across Canadian community radio in May, June, and July 2013, as tracked by the National Campus and Community Radio Association's charting service, !earshot.[9]

Background

The album was recorded in VanGaalen's Yoko Eno studio located in Calgary. The album is partially intended to be a score to his upcoming sci-fi movie and also, according to VanGaalen, a country record.[6]

Track listing

All songs written by Chad VanGaalen.

  1. "Cut Off My Hands"
  2. "Where Are You?"
  3. "Frozen Paradise"
  4. "Lila"
  5. "Weighed Sin"
  6. "Monster"
  7. "Evil"
  8. "Leaning on Bells"
  9. "All Will Combine"
  10. "Weird Love"
  11. "Hangman's Son"
  12. "Cosmic Destroyer"

References



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