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Soft Airplane (Canada)

by Chad VanGaalen

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    On the handy CD format, VanGaalen's brilliant third album comes housed in a full colour six-panel card cover, adorned with a swath of Chad's drawings.

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  • Double Vinyl LP
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Chad's classic third album, presented here across four sides, on a pair of quality vinyl LPs.

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about

While his first albums hinted at musical reference points (that even Chad seemed to be reluctant to embrace), "Soft Airplane" reveals an artist utterly in stride – confident enough to span genres, while working with a determined and deliberate focus.

Freed somehow from expectations or restrictions, Chad's musical expression seems both focused and unfettered. The songs trace stories of birth and death, reflecting changes in his life over the two years since "Skelliconnection", and cocoon the listener in a distinctive and unique world. Layered with a lush and complex mix of found sounds, vibraphone, corrupted synthesizers and drum machines, accordions, cello, clarinet, guitars and many others, "Soft Airplane" remains spacious and surges with pop-informed sophistication despite its lo-fi recording origins.

credits

released September 9, 2008

Written and recorded by Chad VanGaalen. Matt Flegel played accordion on Willow Tree. Eric Hamelin plays with me all the time! Sara and Ezzy my lover and love child! All drawing Chad V. Thanks to Tony Klewel and all the lovelies at Sub Pop and Ian Russell at Flemish Eye! Super thanks to all my family and friends that are the foundation of everything.

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