{{Infobox album | name = Shrink Dust | type = Album | artist = Chad VanGaalen | cover = chad vang shrink dust.jpg | alt = | released = April 29, 2014 | recorded = | venue = | studio = Yoko Eno Studio, Calgary, Alberta | genre = Indie rock<br>Folk<br>Experimental | length = | label = Flemish Eye<br />Sub Pop | producer = Chad VanGaalen | prev_title = Diaper Island | prev_year = 2011 | next_title = Light Information | next_year = 2017 }}
{{Album ratings | MC = 78/100<ref name="meta">{{Cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/shrink-dust/chad-vangaalen |title=Reviews for Shrink Dust by Chad VanGaalen |publisher=Metacritic |accessdate=April 4, 2017}}</ref> | rev1 = Consequence of Sound | rev1score = (B)<ref>[https://consequence.net/2014/04/album-review-chad-vangaalen-shrink-dust/ Consequence of Sound Review]</ref> | rev2 = ''NME'' | rev2score = (8/10)<ref>[https://www.nme.com/reviews/chad-vangaalen/15263 NME review]</ref> | rev3 = Pitchfork Media | rev3score = (7.8/10)<ref>[https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19226-chad-vangaalen-shrink-dust/ Pitchfork Media review]</ref> }}
'''''Shrink Dust''''' is the fifth studio album by Canadian musician Chad VanGaalen. It was released by Flemish Eye in Canada and Sub Pop in the United States on April 29, 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.flemisheye.com/albums/027-shrink-dust |title=FLEMISH EYE – Shrink Dust<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2014-05-05 |archive-date=2014-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502044000/http://www.flemisheye.com/albums/027-shrink-dust |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=autogenerated1>[https://www.subpop.com/releases/chad_vangaalen/shrink_dust Shrink Dust by Chad VanGaalen on Sub Pop Records<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The album was featured on the ''Toronto Star''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s website as part of their musical "reasons to live" sections.<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2014/05/03/reasons_to_live_brody_dalle_chad_vangaalen_thee_oh_sees.html Reasons to Live: Brody Dalle, Chad VanGaalen, Thee Oh Sees]. ''Toronto Star'', May 3, 2014.</ref>
The album was a longlisted nominee for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize.<ref name=longlist>[http://www.aux.tv/2014/06/polaris-music-prize-announces-2014-long-list/ "Polaris Music Prize announces 2014 long list"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703214135/http://www.aux.tv/2014/06/polaris-music-prize-announces-2014-long-list/ |date=2014-07-03 }}. ''Aux'', June 19, 2014.</ref>
The album was the most played across Canadian community radio in May, June, and July 2013, as tracked by the National Campus and Community Radio Association's charting service, !earshot.<ref>[http://www.earshot-online.com/charts.cfm !earshot Monthly Charts]</ref>
==Background== The album was recorded in VanGaalen's Yoko Eno studio in Calgary. The album is partially intended to be a score to his upcoming sci-fi movie, and also, according to VanGaalen, a country record.<ref name=autogenerated1 />
==Track listing== All songs written by Chad VanGaalen. # "Cut Off My Hands" # "Where Are You?" # "Frozen Paradise" # "Lila" # "Weighed Sin" # "Monster" # "Evil" # "Leaning on Bells" # "All Will Combine" # "Weird Love" # "Hangman's Son" # "Cosmic Destroyer"
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