Tagged: moltenlight

Up tonight is another haunting installment from Calgary's favorite indie/experimental-rock artist Chad VanGaalen . VanGaalen demonstrates his talent as an animator/illustrator with the video that accompanies Molten Light , and allows us to be pleasantly horrified both visually and sonically. The song itself can be found on VanGaalen's 3rd full-length effort Soft Airplane , released in September of 2008 via Flemish Eye and Sub Pop record labels. The album would successfully traverse the Canadian gauntlet known as the Polaris Music Prize jury in 2009 and find it's way onto the 10-album shortlist; [...]

Written by Fense The animation in the video for "Molten Light" by Chad VanGaalen reminds me a lot of the animation signature of the late 80s and early 90s. You know the kind - gross for the sake of being gross; a sort of, well, faux art. There were plenty of bands from that era that slapped the crap on their album covers - Ugly Kid Joe and Big Black are a few that come to mind. But here, there's a key "fortunate" element, and that is its association with the [...]

• Chad VanGaalen - City of Electric Light
• Chad VanGaalen - Willow Tree

Chad Vangaalen - Rabid Bits of Time Chad Vangaalen - Frozen Energon Ultimele nopti au fost insotite de vise destul de lucide, cu naratiune solida pe care le traiam totusi la fel ca si cum ai bea o cafea. Ma puteai lasa in coma acolo in acel vis si nu mi-as fi dat seama ca mai e ceva [...]

• Chad VanGaalen - Frozen Energon
• Chad VanGaalen - Rabid Bits of Time