TRACE AMOUNT: NYC industrial visionary releases debut full-length album via The Dillinger Escape Plan-affiliated Federal Prisoner label; mastermind Brandon Gallagher guests on reissue of classic Integrity album
Anti Body Language, the debut full-length album by Trace Amount, is out today 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 album and read a track-by-track breakdown by Trace Amount mastermind Brandon Gallagher, here: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/stream-industrial-act-trace-amounts-debut-lp-read-a-track-by-track/
Buy the album, here: https://federalprisoner.shop/
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.
Anti Body Language was co-produced by Fade Kainer (Statiqbloom) and mixed by Ben Greenberg (Uniform) and features a guest vocal by darkwave diva KANGA.
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.
A testament to the power of collaboration; an example of the ways in which sound and vision can complement each other; a beacon of sheer drive and work ethic; Trace Amount is an exciting new force in the scene of industrial music and beyond.
A drummer before embarking on the Trace Amount path, Gallagher was tapped by Integrity frontman Dwid Hellion to record fresh new drum tracks for the reissue of Integrity's classic first full-length, Those Who Fear Tomorrow, to be released in Summer 2022 on Relapse Records. Splitting the drum duties with Gallagher is none other than Iggor Cavalera of Sepultura.
“Trace Amount is the one-man project of Brooklyn's Brandon Gallagher, a prolific musician and visual artist… In just a few years, he's already unloaded a wealth of harsh, confrontational industrial material under the Trace Amount moniker, and on April 15th he'll release his debut album, Anti Body Language, via Federal Prisoner — the label owned by ex-Dillinger Escape Plan frontman Greg Puciato and visual artist Jesse Draxler... Glitchy vocals, pounding drums, screechy noise soundscapes and a pummeling atmosphere... If you're a fan of bands like HEALTH and Author & Punisher, and/or modern noise-core artists like Dreamcrusher and Machine Girl, then Trace Amount is right up your alley.”
–Revolver Magazine
"The album is abrasive, caustic, and emotionally taxing throughout, but Brandon's also got a more accessible side underneath all the noise. If you can picture the exact middle ground between The Downward Spiral and the death industrial/power electronics scene, this album might be it."
–BrooklynVegan
“Brooklyn-based musician Brandon Gallagher is aiming to create a new sonic language through aggressive industrial soundscapes that land somewhere between the solo experiments of Author & Punisher and the blistering horror-metal of Uniform (the latter group’s Ben Greenberg mixed the album)."
–Flood Magazine
“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…”
–Post-Punk.com
"Brandon Gallagher’s origins lie in the punk scene... Yet, the interests of the musician and visual artist would not be contained within a singular scene. So, lo and behold Gallagher started his personal project Trace Amount, through which he dwells in the darkest corners of industrial music..."
Anti Body Language, the debut full-length album by Trace Amount, is out today 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 album and read a track-by-track breakdown by Trace Amount mastermind Brandon Gallagher, here: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/stream-industrial-act-trace-amounts-debut-lp-read-a-track-by-track/
Buy the album, here: https://federalprisoner.shop/
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.
Anti Body Language was co-produced by Fade Kainer (Statiqbloom) and mixed by Ben Greenberg (Uniform) and features a guest vocal by darkwave diva KANGA.
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.
A testament to the power of collaboration; an example of the ways in which sound and vision can complement each other; a beacon of sheer drive and work ethic; Trace Amount is an exciting new force in the scene of industrial music and beyond.
A drummer before embarking on the Trace Amount path, Gallagher was tapped by Integrity frontman Dwid Hellion to record fresh new drum tracks for the reissue of Integrity's classic first full-length, Those Who Fear Tomorrow, to be released in Summer 2022 on Relapse Records. Splitting the drum duties with Gallagher is none other than Iggor Cavalera of Sepultura.
“Trace Amount is the one-man project of Brooklyn's Brandon Gallagher, a prolific musician and visual artist… In just a few years, he's already unloaded a wealth of harsh, confrontational industrial material under the Trace Amount moniker, and on April 15th he'll release his debut album, Anti Body Language, via Federal Prisoner — the label owned by ex-Dillinger Escape Plan frontman Greg Puciato and visual artist Jesse Draxler... Glitchy vocals, pounding drums, screechy noise soundscapes and a pummeling atmosphere... If you're a fan of bands like HEALTH and Author & Punisher, and/or modern noise-core artists like Dreamcrusher and Machine Girl, then Trace Amount is right up your alley.”
–Revolver Magazine
"The album is abrasive, caustic, and emotionally taxing throughout, but Brandon's also got a more accessible side underneath all the noise. If you can picture the exact middle ground between The Downward Spiral and the death industrial/power electronics scene, this album might be it."
–BrooklynVegan
“Brooklyn-based musician Brandon Gallagher is aiming to create a new sonic language through aggressive industrial soundscapes that land somewhere between the solo experiments of Author & Punisher and the blistering horror-metal of Uniform (the latter group’s Ben Greenberg mixed the album)."
–Flood Magazine
“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…”
–Post-Punk.com
"Brandon Gallagher’s origins lie in the punk scene... Yet, the interests of the musician and visual artist would not be contained within a singular scene. So, lo and behold Gallagher started his personal project Trace Amount, through which he dwells in the darkest corners of industrial music..."
–PopMatters
"Gallagher has been kicking around collaborations and shorter offerings for the last couple years... The news of an album having materialized is right f*cking welcome."
"As the solo project of producer and visual artist Brandon Gallagher, Trace Amount has garnered acclaim since its foundation in 2019... Anti Body Language presents the dark and paranoid sound of urban technological decay."
–ReGen
"The hustle and bustle of a hyper-capitalized New York City is strongly felt throughout this comprehensive and gritty endeavor. It's not an easy listen, but it's a rewarding one."
–Heaviest of Art
"Immediately, you feel disoriented through mountainous reverb atop overdriven vocals in both left and right channels... The darkness of the themes come across through the distortion and choppy/glitchy drums and background SFX... Trace Amount succeeds in towing the listener through each track on his own timeline."
–Metal Epidemic
–The Obelisk
–ReGen
"The hustle and bustle of a hyper-capitalized New York City is strongly felt throughout this comprehensive and gritty endeavor. It's not an easy listen, but it's a rewarding one."
–Heaviest of Art
"Immediately, you feel disoriented through mountainous reverb atop overdriven vocals in both left and right channels... The darkness of the themes come across through the distortion and choppy/glitchy drums and background SFX... Trace Amount succeeds in towing the listener through each track on his own timeline."
–Metal Epidemic
"This is intensity in sonic form."
–Metal Injection
Photo by George Douglas Peterson
Photo by George Douglas Peterson
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