Shrink Dust
by Chad VanGaalen
  • Record Label: Sub Pop
  • Release Date: Apr 29, 2014
User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. Johnnysomebody
    May 23, 2014
    10
    This is easily Chad Vangaalens best album. Adding new wonderful sounds to his infinite treasure chest of instruments. My favorite is the addition of lap-steel to give some of the tracks a country feel. The more you listen, the better it gets. Tops for 2014!

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Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. The New York Times
    Jan 12, 2015
    70
    This batch of songs also proffers some unvandalized melodies (often with echoes of Neil Young) and some glimmers of heart amid the phantasmagoria.
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  2. cokemachineglow
    Sep 3, 2014
    80
    It’s in the songs that teeter on the edge, where the twang feels like the last button pressed before an apocalypse, that Shrink Dust becomes special.
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  3. Blurt Magazine
    May 29, 2014
    80
    A free-form lyrical approach leads Vangaalen into phantasmically beautiful byways, with both the music and the words floating up and away.
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