Foreground Music

Foreground Music is the fifth solo studio album by Ron Gallo, released on March 3, 2023, through Kill Rock Stars.

Foreground Music
Studio album by Ron Gallo
Released	March 3, 2023 (2023-03-03)
Recorded	2022
Genre	Psychedelic rock garage punk
Length	34:43
Label	Kill Rock Stars
Producer	Ron Gallo
Ron Gallo chronology
Peacemeal (2021) Foreground Music (2023)
Singles from Foreground Music
"Entitled Man" Released: September 6, 2022 "Anything But This" Released: October 11, 2022 "Foreground Music" Released: November 15, 2022 "Yucca Valley Marshalls" Released: December 15, 2022 "At Least I'm Dancing" Released: January 17, 2023

Background and recording

Ron Gallo described the album as "what would an existential crisis be like if it was fun".

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Mojo
Uncut	7⁄10

In a positive review for Mojo, James McNair called Foreground Music a "garagey art-rock and fractured funk" album and further said that "the New Jersey-born Gallo brings fizzing zeal and a bounteous grab-bag of ideas, his songs' hooks as striking as his idiosyncratic lyrics". McNair gave Foreground Music a four star rating. Peter Watts, writing for Uncut magazine gave the album a 7 out of 10 rating. Watts praised the eclectic mix of sounds on the album but said Gallo was at his best when "occupying a place between the rawness of Jack White and lysergic drawl of Kevin Morby"

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Entitled Man"	2:25
2.	"Foreground Music"	3:11
3.	"At Least I'm Dancing"	2:53
4.	"Vanity March"	4:04
5.	"Yucca Valley Marshalls"	3:43
6.	"San Benedetto"	3:06
7.	"Can My Flowers Even Grow Here?"	3:23
8.	"Big Truck Energy"	3:56
9.	"Life Is a Privilege? (Interlude)"	1:29
10.	"Anything But This"	2:43
11.	"I Love Someone Buried Deep Inside of You"	3:44
Total length:		34:43

External links

• Foreground Music on Bandcamp