“Miyazaki” has layers of guitar behind Gallant’s voice, something I haven’t been able to hear on the album up until now. His voice seems calmer than most of the other songs (an oddly refreshing twist, especially when he is so talented). This song gives the album more depth and more variety, which I think was completely necessary. Suddenly the eighties side of Gallant comes out, and I’m really digging it. Watch the music video for the song below.įor some reason, the intro to “Episode” instantly reminded me of the intro to Troye Sivan‘s “TALK ME DOWN,” which is interesting because the two artists are completely different. I was definitely more into this song before I listened to in the context of this album, but I will still listen to it. I don’t know how I feel about it, but it’s still pretty cool to see that Gallant can actually sing the high notes that he does on the fully produced recording. There was a collection of “Weight in Gold” remixes that was also put out in 2015, and Gallant actually recorded a version of the song with Seal. “Weight in Gold,” a song that had previously been released in 2015 and is Gallant’s most popular song. The end is abrupt but leads us into the next track. The beginning is light and celestial, but around three-quarters of the way through it transforms into jazzy R&B when Gallant’s voice filters in and sings what sounds like a poem. The next song is only a minute and two seconds long, but “Oh, Universe” takes the album in a completely different direction. During the chorus he still uses his falsetto, but why not use talent when it’s there? The meaning of the song still lingers around the central theme of wanting to prove oneself, but I can get past it since the pattern of the album thus far is being broken. Gallant uses a lower voice and the production has way more depth. However, in “Bone + Tissue” I get exactly what I wanted. I also like this song, but I don’t think it should come after two songs that sound extremely similar to it. At this point in the album, I am waiting for something different, since all of the songs have the same structural pattern and the same type of beat in the background. It’s a slower tempo than any of the songs we’ve heard so far, yet still sounds a lot like the last two. ![]() ![]() “Bourbon” reminds me a lot of some of Gallant’s old songs (some of which are later on Ology). ![]() This is particularly evident in the lyric “What good is a sword next to a shotgun?” since Gallant already sang about “sharpening his blade.” The song is layered with Gallant’s amazing falsetto as we near the end. The third song, “Shotgun,” is about trying as hard as possible to be amazing, but coming up short because there is always something/someone better. It certainly isn’t my favorite song from the album, but I would still listen to it. Mixing them with the electronic elements in the chorus makes for a really interesting sound that I haven’t heard often. I really like the music itself in this song, especially the brass instruments that are played at different parts throughout the song. “Talking to Myself,” doesn’t have a clear storyline based on the lyrics, but is still clearly about some sort of internal struggle. ![]() This drew me into the album because I wasn’t sure what would come next on the following track. The song ends just as things seem to be getting to a crescendo. The song starts out with static, turns into one simple beat and slowly turns into organized chaos with harmonics from an orchestra. The sixteen-song-long album starts with a song appropriately titled “First.” It’s only thirty-seven seconds long, but Gallant certainly uses every single second wisely. His album, Ology, features previously released songs as well as new material, making it easy to see these progressions throughout his career. He performed at Coachella this year and has performed with Sufjan Stevens and Seal. Gallant was influenced by R&B and alt-rock as he was growing up and began writing music when he was in middle school. Christopher Gallant, known as Gallant, released his first album on April 6th, 2016 after releasing an EP and several singles in the past few years.
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