Published 2025-03-22 06:00
“They just keep getting better. Hat Check Girl, Peter Gallway and Annie Gallup, make lots of music, some solo, some with others, but most wonderfully together. They take turns writing songs, taking lead vocals, and are outstanding on multiple instruments. They seem to be in complete agreement about their style, intense yet unhurried and quiet, poetic as they enjoy each other in deep partnership. The songs are populated and cinematic, with stories they have heard and things they have felt." ~ Michael Devlin, Music Matters
Brand new album, "29 & Gone", is out March 28th, 2025.
29 & Gone
"Hank Williams’ last night on earth, the cold, the car, his pain and his weariness"
Radio Darling
“In the end, feeling everything all at once is no different from nothing at all”
One Stop
"A small town story, reminiscent of Faulkner and Eric Taylor, of being both trapped by, and devoted to, a particular place with all its color and personal history"
Fight The Devil
"This song was on Annie’s 1st recording, in 1994, and is reimagined here"
The Record Skipped
“They said her past was checkered, and yes, she dressed in tattersall and a houndstooth jacket, I have so much to say, so much to say, but nobody can hear my voice above the racket”
A Lot Of Try
"I overheard someone use this phrase, then, late one night, it became the key that opened this Southern story of young love, loss, and hope"
The Light Beyond The Streetlights
"In the movie 'Hard Time' a career criminal is in a diner with a girl who wants to go on the run with him after a robbery gone terribly wrong, and he tells her no. When she asks why, he says, 'Because I’m gonna get caught'. Something tragically matter of fact about that statement got etched on my subconscious, then surfaced in this story"
Winning Hand
"Another devil at another crossroad"
Pilot Light
"A 'doctor’s orders' kind of song, this is about restoring the spark that keeps us going"
Carry You Now
"Gracie, our sweet Cavachon rescue pup who gave us so much, this song, and this album, are for her"