O'Gallagher, John * Ancestral [New LP] 2025-09-19 blending alt-country vocal inflection with

blending alt-country vocal inflection with dream pop textures that recall the melodicism of Dizzy Up the Girl-era Goo Goo Dolls or early Third Eye Blind

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Save the Last Dance for Me

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and fascinating covers such as These Boots Are Made For Walking

O'Gallagher, John * Ancestral [New LP] 2025-09-19 blending alt-country vocal inflection with'Ancestral' marks a profound metamorphosis for master saxophonist John O'Gallagher. He cast off his old skin, fundamentally altering his studies, homeland, and life, thereby charting a new future. Recorded at Sound on Sound Studios in Montclair, New Jersey, in January, 2024, 'Ancestral' was influenced, in part, by O'Gallagher's PhD studies into the music of John Coltrane, and reunites the versatile reeds player with guitarist Ben Monderwhile, notably,