Chad Van Gaalen
Skelliconnection
(Sub Pop)
Calgary’s CVG has quickly become one of Canada’s most treasured musical secrets. And for this sophomore offering he digs even deeper into his bizarre fantasy world—albeit with a measure of optimism and a wider sonic palette—for an album that is a playfully idiosyncratic mixture of catchy indie-pop, traveling blues, ’80s electro-pop and a little bit of bass heavy indie-metal psychedelia.
Dave Hayden