TRACE AMOUNT: industrial mastermind teams with synth-pop heroine KANGA on new single "Tone and Tenor"
Trace Amount has released new single "Tone and Tenor," featuring guest vocals and production by KANGA.
The track appears on Trace Amount's debut full-length album, Anti Body Language, out April 15th on Federal Prisoner, the label founded by Greg Puciato (The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Black Queen, Jerry Cantrell) and visual artist Jesse Draxler.
Stream the track, here:
https://post-punk.com/trace-amount-duets-with-kanga-in-abrasive-industrial-track-tone-and-tenor/
Pre-order the album, here:
https://federalprisoner.shop/
Trace Amount is the solo project of Brooklyn-based producer, vocalist, and visual artist, Brandon Gallagher. First conceived in 2019, Trace Amount took shape during the early stages of the pandemic, inspired by the grim realities of life in New York City at that time, and has evolved at a lightning pace ever since. The sound is a harsh strain of industrial music, evoking apocalyptic dread through primal rhythms, layers of synth and noise, and Gallagher's distorted moans and screams.
Influenced by the daily grind of urban existence and paranoid visions of a hyper-technological world, Trace Amount sets a dark tone, but on Anti Body Language, glimpses of color appear from within the void. "Tone and Tenor," features the sumptuous vocals of Los Angeles-based chanteuse KANGA, whose many achievements include touring with Gary Numan and releasing albums via Artoffact Records. The album was co-produced by Fade Kainer (Statiqbloom) and mixed by Ben Greenberg (Uniform) at Circular Ruin in Brooklyn, NY. The album was mastered by Kris Lapke (Alberich).
Today's write-up on Post-Punk.com states: “The destructive nature of Trace Amount’s music is that of grand proportions. As a prolific artist in the pandemic era, the New York City-based Brandon Gallagher is the mastermind behind the Trace Amount project… His desire to collaborate is apparent, especially on his new EP, Anti Body Language, out via Federal Prisoner on April 15th. This time around, Gallagher recruits fellow harsh noise industrialist Statiqbloom as well as the dark synthpop heroine, KANGA… ‘Tone and Tenor’ is a nightmarish lullaby—one that most certainly won’t cradle you to sleep.”
Of equal importance to the music is Trace Amount's visual dimension, expressed through graphic design and video work created by Gallagher himself and by collaborators of his choosing, illustrating a mix of real urban decay and sci-fi fantasy that intersects with the sonic assault to complete the picture. For the Anti Body Language album cover, he teamed up with none other than Federal Prisoner co-owner and world-renowned artist, Jesse Draxler.
An album release show is booked for April 13th at Saint Vitus with Statiqbloom and Choke Chain.
Trace Amount has released new single "Tone and Tenor," featuring guest vocals and production by KANGA.
The track appears on Trace Amount's debut full-length album, Anti Body Language, out April 15th on Federal Prisoner, the label founded by Greg Puciato (The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Black Queen, Jerry Cantrell) and visual artist Jesse Draxler.
Stream the track, here:
https://post-punk.com/trace-amount-duets-with-kanga-in-abrasive-industrial-track-tone-and-tenor/
Pre-order the album, here:
https://federalprisoner.shop/
Trace Amount is the solo project of Brooklyn-based producer, vocalist, and visual artist, Brandon Gallagher. First conceived in 2019, Trace Amount took shape during the early stages of the pandemic, inspired by the grim realities of life in New York City at that time, and has evolved at a lightning pace ever since. The sound is a harsh strain of industrial music, evoking apocalyptic dread through primal rhythms, layers of synth and noise, and Gallagher's distorted moans and screams.
Influenced by the daily grind of urban existence and paranoid visions of a hyper-technological world, Trace Amount sets a dark tone, but on Anti Body Language, glimpses of color appear from within the void. "Tone and Tenor," features the sumptuous vocals of Los Angeles-based chanteuse KANGA, whose many achievements include touring with Gary Numan and releasing albums via Artoffact Records. The album was co-produced by Fade Kainer (Statiqbloom) and mixed by Ben Greenberg (Uniform) at Circular Ruin in Brooklyn, NY. The album was mastered by Kris Lapke (Alberich).
Today's write-up on Post-Punk.com states: “The destructive nature of Trace Amount’s music is that of grand proportions. As a prolific artist in the pandemic era, the New York City-based Brandon Gallagher is the mastermind behind the Trace Amount project… His desire to collaborate is apparent, especially on his new EP, Anti Body Language, out via Federal Prisoner on April 15th. This time around, Gallagher recruits fellow harsh noise industrialist Statiqbloom as well as the dark synthpop heroine, KANGA… ‘Tone and Tenor’ is a nightmarish lullaby—one that most certainly won’t cradle you to sleep.”
Of equal importance to the music is Trace Amount's visual dimension, expressed through graphic design and video work created by Gallagher himself and by collaborators of his choosing, illustrating a mix of real urban decay and sci-fi fantasy that intersects with the sonic assault to complete the picture. For the Anti Body Language album cover, he teamed up with none other than Federal Prisoner co-owner and world-renowned artist, Jesse Draxler.
An album release show is booked for April 13th at Saint Vitus with Statiqbloom and Choke Chain.
Photo of Trace Amount, by George Douglas Peterson
Photo of KANGA, by Michael Mendoza
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