Foreground Music
2023 studio album by Ron Gallo
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Foreground Music is the fifth solo studio album by Ron Gallo, released on March 3, 2023, through Kill Rock Stars.
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| Released | March 3, 2023 | |||
| Recorded | 2022 | |||
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| Length | 34:43 | |||
| Label | Kill Rock Stars | |||
| Producer | Ron Gallo | |||
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Background and recording
Ron Gallo described the album as "what would an existential crisis be like if it was fun".[1]
Critical reception
In a positive review for Mojo, James McNair called Foreground Music a "garagey art-rock and fractured funk" album and further said that "the New Jersey-born Gallo brings fizzing zeal and a bounteous grab-bag of ideas, his songs' hooks as striking as his idiosyncratic lyrics".[1] McNair gave Foreground Music a four star rating.[1] Peter Watts, writing for Uncut magazine gave the album a 7 out of 10 rating.[2] Watts praised the eclectic mix of sounds on the album but said Gallo was at his best when "occupying a place between the rawness of Jack White and lysergic drawl of Kevin Morby"[2]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Entitled Man" | 2:25 |
| 2. | "Foreground Music" | 3:11 |
| 3. | "At Least I'm Dancing" | 2:53 |
| 4. | "Vanity March" | 4:04 |
| 5. | "Yucca Valley Marshalls" | 3:43 |
| 6. | "San Benedetto" | 3:06 |
| 7. | "Can My Flowers Even Grow Here?" | 3:23 |
| 8. | "Big Truck Energy" | 3:56 |
| 9. | "Life Is a Privilege? (Interlude)" | 1:29 |
| 10. | "Anything But This" | 2:43 |
| 11. | "I Love Someone Buried Deep Inside of You" | 3:44 |
| Total length: | 34:43 | |