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A notorious homebody, Chad VanGaalen is well known for rarely leaving his rickety house in Calgary, endlessly drawing, recording and making art. With Diaper Island, VanGaalen distills his approach, producing his most sonically cohesive album to date, and the closest thing he has done to a rock album.

Also a celebrated visual artist, VanGaalen is widely renowned for his illustration and animation work. As with his previous albums – Infiniheart, Skelliconnection and the Polaris short-listed Soft Airplane, VanGaalen illustrated all of the art for Diaper Island – and is in the midst of animating a music video as well. He has animated music videos for folks like J Mascis, Guster, and Holy Fuck, and his videos have been collectively viewed well over a million times on YouTube.

VanGaalen has been quietly building a catalogue of songs that invite listeners to gently explore his distinctive creativity. Diaper Island extends the adventure into deeper territory, tapping into VanGaalen’s lifeblood and mining the richness of his mind with sharper tools.
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  • SouptheHoop

    pretty underrated pretty underrated indeed

    Wednesday morning

  • UtahCharlotte

    There aren't any Infiniheart tracks in the Top 15?

    21 days ago

  • christibear

    His newest album is quite good.

    24 days ago

  • AntonyfromRiga

    Chad Van haalen [2] Ain't talking 'bout Sara

    last month

  • kylehlogan

    wish i knew how he got that guitar sound

    last month

  • d0l

    diaper island is godly. i was on a vangaalen coma for a long while, hooray for new albums. :)

    last month

  • dreamsofgod8

    peace on the rise <3

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  • d0l

    all three blood songs are great.

    March 2012
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