Tom Gallo

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Tom Gallo
Genresindie-R&B, [1] folk, ambient
Occupation(s)Musician, singer-songwriter, composer
Instrument(s)Vocals, piano, guitar, percussion, sampler, drum machine
Years active2013–present
Labels Record Collection

Tom Gallo is an American singer-songwriter and composer. He has been featured in Billboard Magazine, Paper Magazine and on NPR's popular music show All Songs Considered , where his music was described as "spare and minimal, emotional and atmospheric". [2]

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Career

Gallo's college band was chosen by Kanye West and spoken-word artist Malik Yusef to be featured on an album of theirs alongside John Legend, and Common. The album was released, but quickly pulled out of stores over copyright issues. [3] Gallo quit music. Then, on a whim, bought some cheap gear and spent a weekend recording his own music for the first time. He sent the music to Sigur Rós producer Alex Somers, who invited him to Iceland to work in his private studio. [4] These obscure recordings, performed primarily with prepared pianos, field recordings, and spoons played on soup bowls, turned into Gallo's debut EP Continuation Day and landed him a record deal with Malibu, California based Record Collection and a publishing deal with Warp. [5]

In the spring of 2018, Gallo recorded his debut full length album, alone at home with a nylon string guitar and a cheap microphone. This music was heard by Grammy award winner Tchad Blake who offered to mix the album. [6]

“Tell Me The Ghost", the title track, features soft guitar riffs and Gallo's whispery vocals, accompanied by a music video described by Billboard Magazine as "mesmerizing". [7] While the track was the last one written for the album, Gallo felt it was a perfect summary of the entire LP. The black-and-white video, was shot in a house where blues icon Lead Belly lived towards the end of his career, in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles. [8]

In December 2019, Moses Sumney released a single co-written by Gallo entitled "Polly" , [9] which will appear on Sumney's second album, græ . The song received "Best New Track" [10] by Pitchfork and gathered over a million streams worldwide in less than two weeks.

In October 2021, Gallo's song "Tell Me the Ghost" appeared in the John Ridley film Needle in a Timestack starring Leslie Odom Jr, Cynthia Erivo, Orlando Bloom, and Freida Pinto.

In February 2022, the first single, "The Drumming", from Gallo's upcoming second album, was dubbed a "New Song You Need To Hear Now" by Paper Magazine calling it a "a chic and atmospheric piece of indie-R&B that sets a serene, enveloping tone for his forthcoming album." [11]

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Features

Co-writing

Production

Film Scoring

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References

  1. ↑ D'Souza, Shaad. "Sound Off: New Songs You Need to Hear Now", Paper Magazine , New York, NY, 12 February 2022. Retrieved on 12 February 2022.
  2. ↑ Boilen, Bob. "All Songs Considered", NPR , Washington D.C., 26 June 2018. Retrieved on 17 August 2018.
  3. ↑ Harmsen, Natalie. "Tom Gallo gets tender on dreamy “Home (If This Is Love)”", Atwood Magazine, New York, NY, 14 March 2018. Retrieved on 17 August 2018.
  4. ↑ Hilton, Robin. "All Songs Considered", NPR , Washington D.C., 26 June 2018. Retrieved on 17 August 2018.
  5. ↑ Barquist, Robben. "Song Premiere: Tom Gallo’s “My Time with a Glass Lion”", Culture Collide, New York, NY, November 2017. Retrieved on 17 August 2018.
  6. ↑ Aikins, Gabriel. "Tom Gallo reaches into the quiet cosmos on “Venus Every Night”", Substream Magazine , Cleveland, OH, 29 January 2018. Retrieved on 17 August 2018.
  7. ↑ Braca, Nina. "Singer-Songwriter Tom Gallo Confronts Darkness in Haunting Single 'Tell Me The Ghost': Video Premiere", Billboard Magazine , Los Angeles, CA, 28 February 2018. Retrieved on 20 August 2018.
  8. ↑ Braca, Nina. "Singer-Songwriter Tom Gallo Confronts Darkness in Haunting Single 'Tell Me The Ghost': Video Premiere", Billboard Magazine , Los Angeles, CA, 28 February 2018. Retrieved on 17 August 2018.
  9. ↑ Minsker, Evan. "Moses Sumney Releases New Song", Pitchfork , New York, NY, 13 December 2019. Retrieved on 13 December 2019.
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