Chad Vangaalen
A universe-eater, Kafkaesque transformations, country music! What else could you ask Shrink Dust for?
A Möbius strip of psychedelia, folk and plain, freaked out beauty, Shrink Dust was playful and horrifying in equal punches. Mad genius Chad Vangaalen funneled in a cosmos worth of characters in this mutated opus. From Neil Young resignment (“Hangman’s Son”) to sheer gorgeousness (“Frozen Paradise”), Shrink Dust took the same twists and turns as a grand graphic novel or HG Wells adventure. The scenes shift rapidly, beings futz into the air, Vangaalen goes from howling his death song to a lullaby coo. The only certain thing is a placid feeling of melancholy resting below. So listen to our interview with Vangaalen and see why Shrink Dust is one of the best of the 10s.
“It’s a lonely life. I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone.”