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Chad Vangaalen Soft Airplane 2008 RTB

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ARTIST: Chad VanGaalen
TITLE: Soft Airplane
LABEL: Sub Pop
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 194kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 42m total
RELEASE DATE: 2008-09-09
RIP DATE: 2008-08-28

Track List
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1. Willow Tree 3:13
2. Bones of Man 2:59
3. Cries of the Dead 3:47
4. Inside the Molecules 3:45
5. Bare Feet on Wet Griptape 2:30
6. Phantom Anthills 3:00
7. Poisonous Heads 3:15
8. TMNT Mask 3:29
9. Molten Light 2:51
10. Old Man + The Sea 3:35
11. City of Electric Light 2:32
12. Rabid Bits of Time 3:24
13. Frozen Energon 3:40

Release Notes:

Chad VanGaalen’s musical roots date back to the first part of the decade, when
he made a living busking on the streets of Calgary. He is also an accomplished
animator and illustrator whose music is very much informed by his appreciation
of visual arts. He has produced a voluminous wealth of material, by himself, at
a rate that might best be described as alarming. And whatever his motivation for
doing what he does, or creating what he creates, the result is that it is always
both genuine and good. The proof is in the songs themselves. They have heart.
They have pain. They have hope. They have humor. And most importantly, they have
fun.

Recorded on a Tascam 4-track and other analog devices, using synthesizers,
guitars and a collection of his own handmade instruments, Chad’s first two LPs,
Infiniheart (2005) and Skelliconnection (2006), were wildly eclectic and
ethereal, texturally imaginative, sometimes ambitious and sometimes restrained.

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. Recalling Neil Young at his most fragile and
plaintive, and Thurston Moore at his most resolved and vital, Chad’s emotive
vocals anchor these songs while tackling the pervasive themes of death and
dreams with an unexpected air of certainty and hope that is far from
ominous—-instead it’s luminous. Through a complex interplay of guitar, drum
beats, loops, samples, found sounds, unorthodox percussion, xylophones,
distortion, synthesizers, accordions and more, Chad has made an album that
sounds bigger than one man.

It sounds like a lifetime.

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