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With the follow-up to last year's Infiniheart, Chad VanGaalen makes it clear he's fascinated by inventing hybrid words for his album titles. These are apt monikers, as they mirror his methodology as a songwriter and recording artist. Perhaps even more varied than its predecessor, Skelliconnection fearlessly marries pop smarts to a mad inventor's cabinet of tricks and surprises. Other than a series of visiting drummers, VanGaalen has again created these songs himself. The results can pummel, invite, hypnotize, cheer, or sadden--sometimes all within moments of each other. From the opening onslaught of "Flower Gardens" to the front porch strumming of "Wing Finger" and the melancholy lullaby of "Sing Me 2 Sleep," this disc has everything you'd normally find on a half-dozen different releases! And it all flows like a perfect stroll down a path in the woods. --David Greenberger
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Using an assortment of instruments, both conventional and handmade, Chad's created an even more diverse assemblage of music than for his last album and debut, "Infiniheart". He's an amazingly talented illustrator and animator. You may have seen his videos for his own "Clinically Dead" and Love As Laughter's "Dirty Lives". Both were featured on MTV2's "Subterranean" video show, which Chad also hosted. He's played with Built To Spill, Wolf Parade, and The Pixies, to name a few. This record is a restless, living thing, roaming between simple yet beautiful ballads, aggressively dissonant post-punk and jazz-inflected synth-pop explorations, at times whimsical, and at others heartrending.
With the follow-up to last year's Infiniheart, Chad VanGaalen makes it clear he's fascinated by inventing hybrid words for his album titles. These are apt monikers, as they mirror his methodology as a songwriter and recording artist. Perhaps even more varied than its predecessor, Skelliconnection fearlessly marries pop smarts to a mad inventor's cabinet of tricks and surprises. Other than a series of visiting drummers, VanGaalen has again created these songs himself. The results can pummel, invite, hypnotize, cheer, or sadden--sometimes all within moments of each other. From the opening onslaught of "Flower Gardens" to the front porch strumming of "Wing Finger" and the melancholy lullaby of "Sing Me 2 Sleep," this disc has everything you'd normally find on a half-dozen different releases! And it all flows like a perfect stroll down a path in the woods. --David Greenberger
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Using an assortment of instruments, both conventional and handmade, Chad's created an even more diverse assemblage of music than for his last album and debut, "Infiniheart". He's an amazingly talented illustrator and animator. You may have seen his videos for his own "Clinically Dead" and Love As Laughter's "Dirty Lives". Both were featured on MTV2's "Subterranean" video show, which Chad also hosted. He's played with Built To Spill, Wolf Parade, and The Pixies, to name a few. This record is a restless, living thing, roaming between simple yet beautiful ballads, aggressively dissonant post-punk and jazz-inflected synth-pop explorations, at times whimsical, and at others heartrending.
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