Gallus - We Don't Like The People We've Become

Auctioneers. The Duke’s Umbrella. The Allison Arms. Drum & Monkey. The Butterfly & The Pig. Oder auch Drygate.  

So hätten Barry Dolan (Gesang), Craig Duris (Bass), Eamon Ewins (Gitarre) und Paul Ewins (Schlagzeug) ihre Band nennen können, aber der Glasgower Pub, in dem sie während der Namensfindung saßen, trug eben den Namen Gallus.

Seit 2020 veröffentlichen die Schotten, zu denen mittlerweile auch Gianluca Bernacchi (Gitarre) gehört, mehrere Singles, rockten im Vereinigten Königreich die ein oder andere Bühne in Schutt und Asche und erspielten sich somit den Ruf einer herausragenden aber auch chaotischen Live-Band. 

Nun gibt es das Debütalbum „We Don't Like The People We've Become“, das ungezügelt durch 12 rohe Songs tobt und wie eine Mischung aus Nirvana und Maximo Park klingt oder aus The Strokes und Fontaines D.C. oder aus Arctic Monkeys und Sex Pistols. 

„We Don't Like The People We've Become“ ist als CD, Kassette und LP (black Vinyl, blue Vinyl, green Vinyl) erhältlich.

Well, the damn album sounds like it’s got ADHD. “Moderation” kicks off with a maelstrom of punk, but by the first chorus, it’s gone full-on The Strokes. And that’s sort of that.

Then there’s “Fruitflies,” a track that explores mental health but still yearns to inhabit the same arenas as Stereophonics in years to come. However, where Gallus truly excels is in writing from a personal perspective. “Eye To Eye” channels its anger into the hopelessness of joblessness, with Barry Dolan singing, “I want to be a Jack just so I can have a trade.” This rawness echoes the chaotic energy of Sleaford Mods.

These are genuinely impressive indie anthems, and tracks like “Basic Instinct” deserve bonus points for being delivered in their “normal” accents. The best working-class heroes always did that. Craig Duris’s bass anchors “Missiles” in a mid-’90s alt-rock vibe, while “What Do I Know” is a dancefloor-filling gem.

(Maximum Volume Music)

 

The album opens with the song ‘Moderation’. It’s an energetic, slightly frenetic song that evokes Public Image Ltd and John Lydon with lead and rhythm guitars that echo Queens of the Stone Age. ‘Eye to Eye’ is a great pogo song. It’s infectious and upbeat. You can’t help but bop your head to it. ‘What Do I Know’ is a total earworm. It’s a song that definitely will get played on repeat. The drumming is sublime and the bass is front and center. The chorus is sing-along-able.

Gallus’ We Don’t Like the People We’ve Become is a wonderful album. The music and lyrics are accessible, fun, and engaging. Everything about We Don’t Like the People We’ve Become is practically perfect in a quirky way. The album can easily be played on repeat and be as fresh and fun on the thirty-third listen as it was on the third.

(Ghost Cult)