“Weight in Gold” divides the album in a smart and catchy way that moves the listener through the album well, breaking up some of the emotionally heavier tracks.
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The full package is something that sounds a little like if Frank Ocean sang over Beach House tracks, incorporating a vulnerable depth into ethereal sound. The shorter interludes between some of the songs create a smooth, transitional element that contributes to the record’s overall cohesion. One of the key tracks, “Talking to Myself” uses a catchy hook and brings a bit more of a pop-like feel to the album. Songs like “Bourbon” are very easy to listen to, but hold a darker undertone with lyrics like “I loved in cold blood and got used to it, angels say trust the detox, but I’m shaking I need it, like bourbon in my coffee cup.” With lyrics like that, this album reaches past a surface-level depth that many current R&B-esque artists tend to stop at. His vocals are passionate, and although some of the instrumental aspects can be a bit repetitive and slow, the lyrics are masterful and refined. Gallant proves his ability to evoke both dream-like and more classic R&B sounds. Gallant‘s new album Ology is a smooth and dynamic sixteen track musical experience. Key Tracks: “Bourbon,” “Episode,” “Weight In Gold” And while he doesn’t always pull it off - sometimes he wears his Frank Ocean influence on his sleeve - Ology is admirable and refreshing.By Jane Dickerson, Contributor Rating: 8/10 In an era of alt-R&B stars primed for radio time as if they were brand new, Gallant actually tries to be something new. Both of them are using synths and drum kits to give us modern takes on old genres that never feel like throwbacks or vintage apparels.
In that way, Gallant consistently reminds me of Chet Faker. He’s not focused on solving the world’s problems with music he’s just working through his own anxiety and loneliness. Unlike Michael Jackson, Gallant’s scope is intentionally smaller. For just a moment, he feels like Jackson’s heir apparent. An old-school R&B rhythm track holds down the verse, and Gallant sings the song almost entirely in falsetto. Perhaps the album’s finest moment, and its most memorable for me, is Episode. You tried your best is it ever enough when it’s already dragging me down?” Call me anxious, call me broke, but I can’t lift this on my own.” The chorus’s backing track is a giant, loud synth that pulls back just in time for Gallant to come back with the John Mayer-influenced line over a subdued bridge: “Oh, Universe, hold me up.
On Weight in Gold, one of the album’s particularly strong moments, Gallant sings, “I’m pulling my weight in gold. As the period of time between Zebra and Ology might suggest, Gallant is a perfectionist who’s too hard on himself. Featuring Bourbon, Weight in Gold and Episode. His falsetto-laced R&B croon would be enough to make hearts swoon, but his music has a deep emotional core mired with the weight of his own struggles as a musician. Double Vinyl LP edition of the 2016 self-titled release from Gallant. Gallant has the emotional range and vocal timbre of Chet Faker, but with the muscle of Justin Timberlake at his finest. With Ology, his first (and long-awaited) feature-length album, all of that has changed. Gallant first appeared as a solo musician on 2014’s Zebra, a brief EP that held a lot of promise for him as a performer but didn’t allow him to capitalize on his voice.
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