1. Chris Garneau was born on November 5,1982 and is an American singer-songwriter and musician.
17 Facts About Chris Garneau
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Since releasing his debut album, Music for Tourists, Garneau has toured throughout the United States, Canada, Brazil, Europe, and Asia.
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Chris Garneau has released four more full-length studio albums, El Radio, Winter Games, Yours, and The Kind as well as two EPs, C-Sides and Out of Love.
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Chris Garneau cites Jeff Buckley, Nina Simone, Nico, and Chan Marshall as influences.
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Chris Garneau discovered a love of music at a young age while learning to play piano.
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Chris Garneau participated in the Spring Awakening workshops and was cast in the Atlantic Theater Company's Broadway production.
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Chris Garneau opted out of the production to pursue his first record deal.
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Chris Garneau first signed with Absolutely Kosher Records, a California-based record label.
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Chris Garneau was brought to the label by Jamie Stewart and Caralee McElroy of Xiu Xiu.
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Chris Garneau released his debut album Music for Tourists in October 2006.
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In 2011, Chris Garneau left Brooklyn and moved upstate to a farm where he served as its caretaker.
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Chris Garneau lived on 40 acres and raised animals alone.
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Chris Garneau asked friends to write down their first memories of winter.
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Chris Garneau scored dance pieces for choreographers such as Jonah Bokaer.
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Chris Garneau wrote most of the material over the summer of 2016, reflecting on mass incarceration, industrialized slave labor, and mass extinction.
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In January 2021, Chris Garneau released his fifth studio album The Kind.
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Chris Garneau described the record as an exploration into childhood, queerness, the process of owning one's identity and casting off shame.