Andy J Gallagher– Something Else
There’s certainly a place in music for the less pitch perfect vocalist. Joe Strummer, Isaac Brock and Johnny Rotten have all overcome tonal shortcomings with passion that reveled in spite, love and anger. Andy J Gallagher faces a similar problem as such luminaries, yet fails in his attempt to dig deep for the emotion necessary to neatly smooth over the biggest flaw a singer could probably have. And it’s a shame too.
Something Else is a perfectly valid punk pop that delves back to Magazine’s bitterness, yet never takes itself too seriously. But it’s hard to conjure up definitive opinion for a song whose creator can only offer despondence and boredom in its execution.
Write the songs Andy, just get someone else to sing.
5.1/10
Release Date: 24 Nov
