Chad Vangaalen

This historically reclusive Canadian songwriter/producer/illustrator produced Women’s final album Public Strain. The experience was so enjoyable, it lured him out of the hermetic comforts of his basement studio into a larger recording space to record last year’s idiosyncratic pop gem Diaper Island.  Though he’s still written, performed and produced everything on the record himself, his new material is less insular and more rollicking and confident-sounding than ever.