WATCH Chad VanGaalen’s new animated “Monster” video from critically acclaimed album “Shrink Dust”

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Watch Chad VanGaalen’s new animated “Monster” video
from his critically acclaimed album Shrink Dust

European tour kicks-off Sunday, August 31st at End of the Road Festival 
You can now watch Chad VanGaalen’s animated directorial effort for “Monster,” the official video from Shrink Dust, his critically acclaimed 5th album premiered today by The Guardian. 

WATCH “MONSTER” VIA YOUTUBE HERE
WATCH “MONSTER” VIA THE GUARDIAN HERE

Chad VanGaalen’s previously announced European tour in support of Shrink Dust will kick-off this Sunday, August 31st in North Dorset, UK at End of the Road Festival and end on September 15th in Tilburg, NL at Incubate. Please find a full list of tour dates below. VanGaalen will also have some of his highly sought after handmade t-shirts on this tour, although they are likely to sell out quickly.

Shrink Dust has earned Chad VanGaalen some of the best reviews of his career, with praise from the likes of Magnet, Pitchfork, Consequence of Sound, BLURT, FILTER, NME, Loud & Quiet,  Exclaim, Relix, NOW, Music OMH, and more. At radio, Shrink Dust spent three weeks in top 10 on the CMJ albums chart.

Recently,  Chad VanGaalen visited KEXP for a wonderful & hilarious performance in support of Shrink Dust.  Chad VanGaalen’s Shrink Dust is now available on CD / LP / DL in Canada from Flemish Eye and in the U.S. and Europe via Sub Pop.  Shrink Dust, featuring the songs “Where Are You?” and “Monster,” was produced by VanGaalen at his Yoko Eno home studio in Calgary, Alberta.

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Tour Dates:

Aug. 31 - North Dorset, UK - End of the Road Festival

Sep. 01 - London, UK - Oslo

Sep. 02 - Paris, FR - Point FMR

Sep. 04 - Gent, BE - DOK

Sep. 06 - Vlieland, NL - Into the Great Wide Open Festival

Sep. 07 - Hamburg, DE - Aalhaus

Sep. 08 - Berlin, DE - Kantine Berghain

Sep. 09 - Arhus, DK - Radar

Sep. 11- Stockholm, SE - Stacken

Sep. 12 - Copenhagen, DK - Ideal Bar

Sep. 13 - Cologne, DE - King Georg

Sep. 14 - Amsterdam, NL - DOK

Sep. 15 - Tilburg, NL – Incubate

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Links:

Listen to “Monster”:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNYMiHxxf4Y

Watch “Where Are You?” : http://youtu.be/8RivjuMP8Ss

Listen to Where Are You?” : https://soundcloud.com/flemisheye/shrink-dust-where-are-you

Chad on Flemish Eye : http://www.flemisheye.com/chad-vangaalen 

Chad on Instagram: http://instagram.com/chadvangaalen