"The songs inhabit a bigger, almost stratospheric aesthetic-none more so than "Oh God"—which possesses a new sounds that positions him to a much larger audience."
—VOGUE
"After two successful albums of baroque pop, Chris Garneau explodes the borders of his own talent. With Winter Games, he ventures into the infinite joys of electronica and thus seems to find, in the temptation of ambient experimentation, what would finally give him a new dimension, an amplitude, a fullness that was unknown to him until now."
—LES INROCKS
Chris Garneau is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Garneau's sound combines elements of folk, Americana, and pop.
Chris Garneau has released Music for Tourists LP (2006), C-Sides EP (2007) and El Radio LP (2009) with Absolutely Kosher Records (North America), Fargo Records (Europe), Pocket Records (China), Lirico Records (Japan), and Leaplay Music (Korea). In 2013 he released Winter Games LP with Private Friend (North America), Clouds Hill (Europe), and Pocket Records (China). Garneau's cover of "Between the Bars" (Elliott Smith) was featured in Pedro Almodóvar's "The Skin I live In" (2011).