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- Summary: The Canadian illustrator and musician makes his Sub Pop debut with this self-recorded album.
- Record Label: Sub Pop
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 15
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Mixed: 2 out of 15
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Negative: 0 out of 15
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Alternative PressAs edgy as singer-songwriter pop gets. [Oct 2005, p.158]
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Between his willingness to experiment and a bountiful arsenal at his disposal, a spectacular range of dreamlike moods and sounds are created across Infiniheart's sixty-five minutes.
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Infiniheart is too bright, too beautiful, and almost too good to be believed.
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MagnetAt an hour long, Infiniheart occasionally feels infinite, but moments of perfection make VanGaalen's meanderings seem a necessary part of the whole appealing coincidence. [#69, p.110]
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Rife with contrast and irony, Infiniheart plays like a series of short stories or films, somehow interwoven to a common conclusion.
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That's ultimately the sticking point with Infiniheart: VanGaalen's songs tend toward folly, yet it's impossible to discount his commitment to the material.
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Although annoyingly inconsistent, Infiniheart contains enough interesting tunes with odd arrangements and instrumentation to convince us that Chad Van Gaalen is a talented songwriter and multi-instrumentalist and is capable of producing engaging, lo-fi, ambient pop.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 7
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Mixed: 0 out of 7
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Negative: 0 out of 7
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NathanMSep 14, 2005
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jahAug 28, 2005been listening to this for a year and a half without a break, just great
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MattKSep 13, 2005
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RogerMAug 26, 2005One of the finer things to come down the pipe in a while. Dig it!
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JereWJul 18, 2006I like him better than Sufjan (they are often compared for reasons unknown to me). His second effort will do much better!
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mattaOct 10, 2005
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T-WiLLOct 19, 2005The single "Clinically Dead" will linger in your mind for years. The rest of teh album is a grower. If given the time, a rewarding listen.
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