Nicole Dollanganger

Nicole Dollanganger
Dollanganger in February 2016
Background information
Birth name Nicole Bell
Born (1991-09-08) September 8, 1991
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • artist
Years active 2011–present
Labels
Associated acts
Website nicoledollanganger.com

Nicole Bell (born September 8, 1991), known professionally as Nicole Dollanganger, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and artist who currently resides in Whitchurch–Stouffville, Canada. She began posting original songs on Tumblr in mid-2011, and wrote and recorded her first four records in her bedroom while sick on bed rest from anorexia.[1] Dollanganger is known for her high-pitched singing voice. She is also known for her lyrics, which include themes of gore, sex, BDSM, depression, self-harm and eating disorders, among other topics.

In 2015, she became featured on Grimes' Eerie Organization, a collaborative created solely for the purpose of releasing Dollanganger's album Natural Born Losers. She later went on to assist Grimes on the Rhinestone Cowgirls Tour in the fall.

Her stage name is a reference to the Dollanganger series of novels by V. C. Andrews.

Career

2011–2014: Career beginnings and early recordings

Early in 2012, Dollanganger was hospitalized for anorexia nervosa and anorexia athletica, and was put on bed rest where she began writing and posting songs on her blog more actively. She had been posting cover songs to Tumblr and Myspace for about a year when she posted her first song "Coma Baby" in 2011. She says of that experience, "It was the first song I'd ever written and recorded by myself, so I was extremely nervous about the whole thing. I had decided to post it and delete it a few minutes later, only in those few minutes I received an overwhelming amount of encouragement and support".[2] It was later included on her first album Curdled Milk (2012).

Over the next two years, she went on to release Flowers of Flesh and Blood (2012), Ode to Dawn Wiener: Embarrassing Love Songs (2013), and Observatory Mansions (2014). In 2013 and 2014, she sold each record in limited runs of handmade CD-R discs and cassettes.[3]

2015–2016: Eerie Organization and Natural Born Losers

In 2015, Dollanganger opened for Lana Del Rey alongside Grimes at their joint show in Toronto. Grimes later announced the Eerie Organization, claiming to have started the collaborative to put out Dollanganger's album, Natural Born Losers. "It's a crime against humanity for this music not to be heard", she stated.[4] In October and November 2015, Dollanganger supported Grimes on the latter's Rhinestone Cowgirls Tour.[5] Rolling Stone featured her as one of "10 New Artists You Need to Know", stating that her "gothic folk songs detailing mental illness, guns, sexual violence, poverty and death are as beautiful as they are brutal." [6]

In March 2016, her song "Chapel" was featured in episode 14 of the sixth season of the television series The Walking Dead, titled "Twice as Far".[7] Dollanganger later embarked on a co-headlining tour with Elvis Depressedly and Teen Suicide across the United States from August to September 2016.[8]

2017–present: Heart Shaped Bed, touring, and collaborations

In February 2017, Dollanganger was the support act for the last leg of Code Orange's Forever tour with industrial act Youth Code.[9] On the subject of the tour's lineup diversity, drummer Jami Morgan stated, "Regardless of what people are saying, I like mixed bills. It's our tour. We're happy we got to have bands that we like. I'm really happy with the mix. I don't think it's something people are going to get to see every day. It's gonna be a very jarring experience. And our set's going to be a jarring experience. And the whole show is going to be a jarring experience, so that's what we're all about."[10] She also collaborated with grindcore band Full of Hell for their album Trumpeting Ecstasy, released in May 2017.[11]

In 2018, she announced the release of the album Heart Shaped Bed, previously titled Hillbilly Noir. A 5-track teaser of the album was uploaded to her Bandcamp on March 30th.

Discography

Studio albums

  • Curdled Milk (2012)
  • Flowers of Flesh and Blood (2012)
  • Ode to Dawn Wiener: Embarrassing Love Songs (2013)
  • Observatory Mansions (2014)
  • Natural Born Losers (2015)
  • Heart Shaped Bed (2018)

Extended plays

  • Columbine (2013)
  • Unreleased (2014)
  • BabyLand (2014)
  • Greta Gibson Forever (2015)
  • Covers (2016)

Singles

  • My Funeral Boy (2013)
  • Open Love Letter to Glenn Danzig (2013)
  • Christian Woman (2016)
  • Chapel (2016)
  • Have You Seen Me? (2016)
  • Beautiful and Bad (2016)
  • Observatory Mansions II (2016)
  • Cute Aggression (2017)

References

  1. ↑ McDermott, Patrick D. (October 3, 2015). "Nicole Dollanganger Sings For Freaks Like You". The Fader. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Getting to Know: Nicole Dollanganger". The Pulp Zine. October 24, 2013.
  3. ↑ Cusumano, Katherine (November 23, 2015). "Discovery: Nicole Dollanganger". Interview. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
  4. ↑ Flanagan, Andrew (August 28, 2015). "Grimes Announces the Launch of Eerie Organization, Will Release Newcomer Nicole Dollanganger". Billboard. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
  5. ↑ Roffman, Michael (September 14, 2015). "Grimes announces Rhinestone Cowgirls fall tour dates". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  6. ↑ "10 New Artists You Need to Know: October 2015". Rolling Stone. October 28, 2015. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  7. ↑ Rowles, Dustin (March 21, 2016). "10 Questions We Have After This Week's Sad, Confusing 'The Walking Dead'". Uproxx. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
  8. ↑ Sacher, Andrew (June 1, 2016). "Teen Suicide, Elvis Depressedly & Nicole Dollanganger announce tour". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
  9. ↑ Sperry-Fromm, Rob (November 17, 2016). "Code Orange Releasing Forever, Touring with Youth Code and Nicole Dollanganger". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
  10. ↑ Markarian, Taylor (January 2, 2017). "Code Orange are brutal, outspoken and unapologetic". Alternative Press. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  11. ↑ "FULL OF HELL Complete Work On New Album "Trumpeting Ecstasy"". Profound Lore Records. February 21, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
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