Nicole Dollanganger

Nicole Bell (born September 8, 1991), known professionally as Nicole Dollanganger, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and artist who currently resides in Oshawa, Ontario, 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.

Nicole Dollanganger
Background information
Birth nameNicole Bell
Born (1991-09-08) September 8, 1991
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • artist
Years active2011–present
Labels
Associated acts
Websitenicoledollanganger.com

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 supported 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 for about a year when she posted her first song "Coma Baby" in 2011. 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.[2]

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.[3] In October and November 2015, Dollanganger supported Grimes on the latter's Rhinestone Cowgirls Tour.[4] 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." [5]

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".[6] Dollanganger later embarked on a co-headlining tour with Elvis Depressedly and Teen Suicide across the United States from August to September 2016.[7]

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.[8] In May 2017, she collaborated with grindcore band Full of Hell on the title track of their LP Trumpeting Ecstasy.[9] Later in June 2018, she joined Code Orange again for select dates of their The New Reality tour, alongside Vein and Twitching Tongues.[10]

In 2018, she announced the release of the album Heart Shaped Bed. The first 5 songs were shared exclusively via her bandcamp on March 30th.[11] The full 10-track album, including a newly recorded version of her single "Chapel" produced by Arthur Rizk, was released on October 26 through Crystal Math and Eerie Organization.[12]

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)

References
  1. McDermott, Patrick D. (October 3, 2015). "Nicole Dollanganger Sings For Freaks Like You". The Fader. Archived from the original on October 10, 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  2. Cusumano, Katherine (November 23, 2015). "Discovery: Nicole Dollanganger". Interview. Archived from the original on April 30, 2016. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
  3. Flanagan, Andrew (August 28, 2015). "Grimes Announces the Launch of Eerie Organization, Will Release Newcomer Nicole Dollanganger". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 13, 2016. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
  4. Roffman, Michael (September 14, 2015). "Grimes announces Rhinestone Cowgirls fall tour dates". Consequence of Sound. Archived from the original on March 20, 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  5. "10 New Artists You Need to Know: October 2015". Rolling Stone. October 28, 2015. Archived from the original on July 29, 2016. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  6. Rowles, Dustin (March 21, 2016). "10 Questions We Have After This Week's Sad, Confusing 'The Walking Dead'". Uproxx. Archived from the original on June 25, 2016. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
  7. Sacher, Andrew (June 1, 2016). "Teen Suicide, Elvis Depressedly & Nicole Dollanganger announce tour". BrooklynVegan. Archived from the original on June 25, 2016. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
  8. Sperry-Fromm, Rob (November 17, 2016). "Code Orange Releasing Forever, Touring with Youth Code and Nicole Dollanganger". BrooklynVegan. Archived from the original on November 18, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
  9. "FULL OF HELL Complete Work On New Album "Trumpeting Ecstasy"". Profound Lore Records. February 21, 2017. Archived from the original on February 22, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-01-23. Retrieved 2019-01-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-01-23. Retrieved 2019-01-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-01-23. Retrieved 2019-01-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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