NEW LP, WORLD’S MOST STRESSED OUT GARDENER OUT TODAY VIA FLEMISH EYE
WATCH AND SHARE “STARLIGHT” HERE
BUY / STREAM WORLD’S MOST STRESSED OUT GARDENER HERE
GET A TICKET FOR CHAD VANGAALEN’S UPCOMING LIVE RECORDED PERFORMANCE AVAILABLE ON APRIL 8TH GLOBALLY AT 7PM LOCAL TIME. TICKET LINK
"No idea is too strange and nearly anything can be used as a musical instrument... Is it incoherent? Absolutely, but that's all part of the fun." [8/10] - Exclaim
“An expansion of VanGaalen’s cult audience is sorely overdue.” [8/10] - Uncut
“A tour de force of all the things that make the Canadian singer-songwriter great, from the kaleidoscopic psychedelia of ‘Starlight’ to the hazy, laid back pop of the single ‘Samurai Sword’.” [8/10] - Loud & Quiet
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World's Most Stressed Out Gardener, the majestic new album from multimedia auteur Chad VanGaalen, is available today on CD/LP/DSPs worldwide through Flemish Eye in Canada (and Sub Pop in the rest of the world). In celebration of this release, VanGaalen has created a video for the single “Starlight”. The song is a “celebration of our cosmic origins” shares VanGaalen, who fused old Super 8 footage of his family from the ’50s and ’60s, circular photos that were taken in his studio, and quick sketches to stylistically create a visual fusion unique to VanGaalen’s body of work.
On the video VanGaalen says, “I started by re-filming some old footage of my fam in places like Banff and Sylvan Lake. I combined that with photos of anything circular in my studio. After that, I started to panic, and sat down and drew whatever came to my burned out mind hole overtop of those backgrounds. A lot of fruit. A lot of Lamborghini Countach. I have a button on my computer that morphs the drawings together. It’s very satisfying and trippy. Go out into nature instead of watching the video.”
WATCH AND SHARE “STARLIGHT” HERE
On Thursday, April 8th, VanGaalen has scheduled a live stream performance from his Yoko Eno studio that will be broadcast through NoonChorus. The show will be available for viewing in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia at 7 PM (local time). Viewers will see and hear things that VanGaalen has historically been unable to incorporate into his in-person live show experience -- a heavily modified D-85 Electone organ, his prepared piano, various homemade instruments, and perhaps a shot or two of the skateboard ramp he built in his basement. Even more enticing? A psychedelic flute solo will be performed. Whatever the outcome, the show is guaranteed to be unforgettable. Ticket holders will be able to stream the performance for 5 days following and will also be able to buy merch. You can purchase tickets for this event here.
World’s Most Stressed Out Gardener LPs purchased through megamart.subpop.com, Flemish Eye (Canada), select independent retailers in North America, in the U.K, and in Europe will receive the album on orange-gold vinyl with blue/red trails (while supplies last). There is also a new T-shirt design available.
BUY / STREAM WORLD’S MOST STRESSED OUT GARDENER HERE
PRAISE FOR WORLD’S MOST STRESSED OUT GARDENER
“The Alberta-based genre jumper has been marching to the (slightly off) beat of his own drum for the last decade, and it’s always a pleasure to hear what he’s been brewing up in his bunker.“ - Monster Children
“Chad VanGaalen‘s mind must be cavernous, where behind every nook and corner a whimsical idea is being generated.” - The Revue
"Tantalising glimpses into his adaptable, genre-fluid musical outlook." - DIY
“A dreamy, psychedelic folk concoction.” - NARC
"A melody-flecked indie rock jewel" [“Samurai Sword”] - CLASH
"Pure genius." [“Samurai Sword”] - Folk Radio
"Never anything but beautifully, eccentrically candid." [“Nightwaves”] - Backseat Mafia
WORLD’S MOST STRESSED OUT GARDENER TRACKLIST
1. Spider Milk
2. Flute Peace
3. Starlight
4. Where Is It All Going?
5. Earth From a Distance
6. Nightwaves
7. Plant Music
8. Nothing Is Strange
9. Inner Fire
10. Golden Pear
11. Nightmare Scenario
12. Samurai Sword
13. Water Brother