Chloe Gallardo shares Bloodline

Chloe Gallardo

Shares new track ‘Bloodline’
Taken from the debut album Defamator
Released 12th May 2023 via Taxi Gauche

"Akin to artists like Snail Mail or Soccer Mommy... [Bloodline] is an ethereal reflection on how we mould one another as humans - for better or for worse."
The Line Of Best Fit

"With the wistful qualities of Azure Ray and Phoebe Bridgers"
The Rodeo

"Chloe Gallardo's gauzy but pretty indie rock feels meant for a YA coming of age film"
Nylon

"With heartbreaking lyrics, she leaves a sort of optimism within the sound by using major chord progressions to keep the swirling going. The fog will eventually clear, and we’ll eventually find our way home again"
Paste
Raised by musicians in Los Angeles, surrounded by their work in recording studios and at open mics from an early age, there has never been a moment in the memory of Chloe Gallardo where there wasn’t the ambition to perform. “I would always get this feeling in my chest watching an artist I really like”, she explains of her formative years.

Now, with the launch of her debut album Defamator via Taxi Gauche Records, Gallardo has achieved by far her boldest, and most mature collection of work to date. Emblematic of a genre-mish-mash of “dark shoegaze-inspired indie rock”, the ten-track set journeys the listener through a tightly-strung sequence of cautionary tales. Detailing her bruising experiences of relationship trauma and abusive partners, Defamator eases the listener across these disturbing subjects via the tranquil transcendence of its song.

Album opener  “Bloodline” epitomises this bittersweet modus operandi. 15 seconds into its dainty acoustic strum , Gallardo adamantly sulks “I’m fucked up” - the salvo of a lyric about feeling like a family disappointment. As the track lifts up into a cascading gaze-pop rush, recalling the likes of Bachelor and Snailmail, we’re blessed with a pristine elegance that belies the song’s raging core. ”I have always written music this way.”, she says of this fundamental contradiction. ”It’s funny because I try so hard to write darker-sounding songs and they always come out way too pretty. So I’ve resorted to writing the most gut-wrenching and intense lyrics to compensate.”

On Bloodline, Gallardo explains:

“Bloodline is about feeling like a gigantic disappointment to my family (hence the name). I wrote this song when I didn’t have a day job and I had just moved back home so I felt like I had really taken a step back in my life. I guess my goal for this song was to just convince them that I was trying my best in a set of unfortunate circumstances.”

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Website: http://chloegallardo.com