The Galleons
The Galleons looking cold.
Although only forming in 2010, Brighton band The Galleons have been enjoying much success with their laid-back, traditional, British folk, getting plenty of radio play and being booked at many festivals.
The Galleons hail from all over the place: Bedford, London, Lincoln, The Isle of Wight and Latvia, giving them plenty of influences that permeate into their music.
The way the band describe their own music “traditional British folk music, sounds of the 60’s folk revival, modern merchants of gloom such as Low and Radiohead and the occasional Latvian farming song” gives but a taste of the vivid flavours that come through in the songs.
If we take a look at The Galleons’ single “What Is Fear” it is easy to see what they are talking about...
The song boasts the structure and style of a more traditional folk song but manages to introduce some interesting features such as the use of an omnichord and weird choices of rhythm towards the end.
This style of music might not suit everybody’s tastes, but it is very clean and precise and what the Galleons do they do very, very well.
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The Galleons don’t have a huge scope, possibly because they fit all they can into each song, but they do have some wiggle room. Their latest song “The Moon & The Gate” isn’t so similar to their “What Is Fear” that you wouldn’t realised the track had ticked over, but remains fairly close.Versatility isn't a strong point for The Galleons, but versatility isn’t the best tactic for every band. What The Galleons do have is a very clear, concise musical direction. Because they are so good at what they do they don’t need to deviate too far from the formula they know works, meaning they can create a very clear image and sound for themselves.
If we take a look at their first single “I Know” (which is available for free download on the music player) you can see that they have remained quite similar though out their musical career…
…but that’s alright because each of the songs are quality, they are all re-listenable and many of them get better with repeat hearings.
The Galleons found their way on to UnlabledUK when they sent an email to unlabeleduk@gmail.com. If you liked the Galleons be sure to check out The Limes, and as always let me know what you think in the comment box below.
By Charlie Craven
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