''Soft Airplane'' is the third album by
Chad VanGaalen, released in 2008 on
Flemish Eye and
Sub Pop
Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman. Sub Pop achieved fame in the early 1990s for signing Seattle bands such as Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Mudhoney, central players in the grunge movement. They are often ...
. It was VanGaalen's first album to consist entirely of songs newly recorded for the album; his prior releases compiled tracks from a library of home recordings he had made over a number of years.
The album was shortlisted for the
2009 Polaris Music Prize
The 2009 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 21, 2009 in Toronto .
Track listing
References
2008 albums
Chad VanGaalen albums
Flemish Eye albums
Sub Pop albums
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