Young Man's Game - Gallaher's Green
By Daffs aka @TwoDaff
Gallaher’s Green are a four-piece UK rock band with a wide range of influences which include the Rolling Stones, Oasis, Foo Fighters, Guns N’ Roses and many more in between. consisting of Jon Olphert on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Tom Stretton on lead guitar, Ian Gallagher on Bass and Tom Leather on drums.
Their debut album ‘Lucky 13’ encompassed the broad spectrum of influences which inspired them and was released on 12th February 2021. Independently released and without any PR support the album has grown organically and continues to attract a worldwide audience with listeners in countries including US, UK, Japan, Italy, South Africa, Mexico and throughout South America. To date it has received over 160k listens on Spotify alone.
In April 2022, Gallaher's Green recorded their full length follow up album 'Dare To Dream' at Voltalab studios, Rochdale and it is scheduled for release in March 2023. 2022 also saw the band released a fantastic charity single in aid of the RAF Benevolent Fund, ‘Memphis’ a poignant, heartfelt track regarding a friend of the band who sustained horrific injuries whilst serving in HM forces. This was followed by 'Here with Me' in November followed by ‘Where do I begin’ released on January 6th 2023.The band are now set to release their latest single ‘Young Man’s Game’ on February 17th and this will be the final single from the upcoming album.
The driving force behind the album is the state of the music industry at the moment, and quite rightly so. Established rock bands which everyone loves (or loathes) like Guns and Roses, Foo Fighters and Liam Gallagher to name but a few sit at the top table and rightly so, filling arenas and stadiums worldwide yet the major labels/radio stations ignore the next crop of bands. They are happy pushing bands with youngsters singing about twitter and irrelevant subjects etc with no distortion, jingly jangly tunes with no feeling or passion, just a monotonous conveyor belt of inane tunes. The line “I listen to your music its driving me insane, everybody’s saying it’s young man’s game” A true statement that directly addresses all that is wrong with industry in my opinion.
A true statement that directly addresses all that is wrong with industry in my opinion.
So, to the track itself…opening with a driven riff and crunchy rhythm it instantly hooks, nothing jingly jangly here. A soaring lead emphasises the message. Plenty of distortion, thundering drums and a vocal that packs a proper punch. Gallaher's Green have something to say and there’s no better way to say it. Hints of Oasis infused with a harder rock element gives a powerful soundscape that encapsulates what they are trying to say, driving the message home.
A driven riff and crunchy rhythm
The track builds to crescendo, filled with soaring licks and riffs backed with a grooving rhythm guitar and deep resonating bass…a proper rock tune. These lads don’t mess about. The solo is immense, powerful, energetic with a static infused swagger…love it. The lyrics strike a chord. For me this should be the anthem for every band out there trying to break through. Its relevant, honest and really drives the message home.
Powerful, energetic with a static infused swagger
The thing I like about this band is that their songs have a deep underlying message that needs to be heard, they’re not afraid to say what they think and have uncanny knack of portraying this through their music. This track is no different with the added bonus of it being a bloody good tune. I can see this being massive when played live, even better if it was in an arena…
The anthem for every band out there
There is an undeniable need for a shake up in the industry, harder rock acts or bands that hit the distortion pedal don’t fit the current narrative, these days you have to have a certain look or sound to get heard. You only have to watch the Brits or any of the industry awards. I get frustrated that the plethora of bands out there don’t get a look in so god knows what it must be like for the actual bands that slog their guts out touring just to be heard. Industry bosses just don't know what they are missing.
Hats off to Gallaher's Green for saying what we all think, I really get what they are saying here and if you bang the drum hard enough someone will listen…eventually!
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