Galanos
Deceiver Receiver
(2017, Pyrrhic Victory Records)
"Half punk, half surf, all despair." Without digging too deep into the expanse of darkness and the lust for shadows their crushing pieces yield, this is how Kingston-based foursome Galanos describe themselves. Lead singers Gregory Jaw (who also plays guitar) and Netochka Nezvanova alternate between solo voices on some tunes and a gloomy interwoven mist on others. The opener, "Loneliest of Men," is despairingly savage and reminiscent of the Cramps' punk/gothabilly sound, which in an interview the band bleakly described as thus: "We rotate in a frozen, violent, self-defeating space. The altar is full of self-sacrifice and we destroy ourselves for nothing." "Flashbomb" is shockingly evocative of early Nick Cave, both vocally and musically, and heavily bass-and-drum-driven with a bit of Pixies guitar thrown in. Stay on the lookout for this album, if desolation is your draw.
Speaking of...
-
A Fine Line Screens at CIA with Special Guest Lidia Bastianich
Feb 27, 2019 -
Lord Huron to Play at Hutton Brickyards July 18
Feb 5, 2019 -
Esteemed Reader | February 2019
Feb 1, 2019 - More »
Hudson Valley Events
submit event
Shakespeare Meets Zeppelin
March 15-April 20 — Kimberlie is fueled by abstract expressionism and neo dada icons like Pollock...
Monday Night Songwriting Meetup with Lisa Markley
Mon., Feb. 4, 5:45-7 p.m., Mon., Feb. 11, 5:45-7 p.m., Mon., Feb. 18, 5:45-7 p.m., Mon., March 4, 5:45-7 p.m., Mon., March 11, 5:45-7 p.m., Mon., March 18, 5:45-7 p.m., Mon., April 1, 5:45-7 p.m., Mon., April 8, 5:45-7 p.m., Mon., April 15, 5:45-7 p.m., Mon., May 6, 5:45-7 p.m., Mon., May 13, 5:45-7 p.m. and Mon., May 20, 5:45-7 p.m. — 1st and 3rd Mondays: Teen Songwriting Meet-Up, 5:45-7pm, $28 per person 2nd...
Trending Arts & Culture
Metaphysical Containers: The Art of Carole Kunstadt
Modernist Opus in Olivebridge
The Photos of Nadia Sablin
Stanley Kubrick's Photos
Unshattered
Chronogram Conversations: Scribner's Lodge
More images of interior and exterior
Nadine Boughton—The Modess Women
The Creative Tenants of Atlas Studios in Newburgh
Birthday Party 2018
Chronogram Conversations 2018
Catskill & Hudson
Woodstock Film Fest
Bop Island Jazz Fest Performers
Rosendale Street Festival
The Amsterdam
-
A Conversation with Laurent Rejto of Hudson Valley Film Commission
- Mar 1, 2019
-
Earmark These 7 Books for March Reading
- Mar 1, 2019
-
Figurative Sculpture in Social Critique: Curating the Straus Family Collection
- Mar 14, 2019
-
5 Things to Do in the Hudson Valley Before Winter is Over
- Mar 13, 2019
-
From the Archives: Oatmeal, A Short Story
- Mar 1, 2019
Chronogram on Instagram
@ChronogramLatest in Arts & Culture
