About 3 years ago I was completely broke. I voiced my dreams of making a living writing songs to my partner at the time. Knowing I was too proud to just take money, he hatched a plot, asking me to write him a song. By that point I’d already written him a handful, but he clarified that this was one he wanted to commission. I laughed and said I’d do it for 20 bucks. He said, “But I don’t want a 20 dollar song…. I want a 100 dollar song." After some hesitation, I took his offer and wrote Loaded. It was my cheeky way of acknowledging his gesture and my honest way of showing what his love meant to me. What love in general means to me, really. Loaded is an ode to the surplus of love in my life. An affirmation that no matter the number in my bank account, I am always absolutely, unshakably Loaded.

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CREDITS:

Written by Laura Galindo

Engineered by Greg Tock
Produced by Greg Tock & Laura Galindo
Mixed by Greg Tock
Mastered by Zoltán Sindhu

Drums - Isaiah Hazzard
Piano - Sam Revaz
Acoustic Guitar - Laura Galindo
Electric Guitar - Julián Briones
Bass - Henry Trinder
Synths - Greg Tock
Vocals - Laura Galindo

Recorded at Short Stack NY & The Bridge Studio

Loaded

The Shirt (Obsessed With Me!)

Experiment

What Did I Do To Deserve You?

In Front Of Your TV

Not Time Yet

don't think twice, it's all right - bob dylan - cover

this sounds very unlike the original but it was still a fun little experiment. let me know what ya think 

recorded in my home studio and by home studio i mean the floor of my bedroom

run away with me - carly rae jepsen - cover

Wrote a lot of music today. This is one of those things I wrote..

lyrics: 

brooklyn 
i love you like forever baby
brooklyn 
but you were never mine
brooklyn 
if i fight a little harder maybe
brooklyn 
we’ll float and be fine

he called her over just to listen to some good music
she said don't you think its a little too late
but she got on that downtown train
spent her final dollar 
she dont know why but she began to pray 

(hook)

he waited for her at the subway station
in his tattered rain coat and those rolled up jeans
what a sweet guy to walk her over 
and on the journey she began to sing

(hook)

he took her hand and walked her into his apartment
she couldn’t picture a more beautiful room
the moonlight fell on them and you could feel the town sigh 
she’s a goner the girl has been consumed
she’s a goner the girl has been consumed to

brooklyn 
i love you like forever baby
brooklyn 
wont you be mine?
brooklyn 
if i fight a little harder maybe
brooklyn 
we’ll float and be fine

when morning came he was gone
well he laid beside her but his heart had moved on
he played that young girl like a violin 
he gave her 2.50 and on the walk to the station you could hear her sing

(hook)

Brooklyn

The other night, I was at a party talking to my friend Rosalie. I thought about how beautiful her name was and she proposed I write a song with her name and so the next night I did. 

Although, no, the Rosalie in this story is not the Rosalie in real life. 
I kinda just let an unrelated lingering feeling take me onto a jealous, twisted journey.

This is a raw, raw demo I recorded on my iPhone just to test out an idea for the song. Enjoy.

Rosalie (Raw Demo)

wrote this song an hour ago...it's hot off the press, one might say.
i'm trying to say goodbye to this beautiful city but it's proving to be quite difficult. 
recorded on my iphone

lyrics:

goodbye to all the silky sounds
the way the light moves when it rains
goodbye to all the fury that has paved these streets with love and pain 
goodbye to all the reckless hearts 
the foolish lovers in the shade
goodbye to all those sweet mistakes
may you sleep well in the bed you made 

goodbye to capturing the moon
and leaving breadcrumbs to my place 
goodbye to fleeting avenues 
that change with every time of day 
goodbye to running fingers through
the earth's green pretty hair 
goodbye to walking out of time 
and heading who knows who cares where 

I would rather see you tonight 
to figure out if we'll be alright 
When I come back, will you still be here? 
Or will you change the way the city does
I think you'll change the way the city does 

goodbye to making music when a man is too big for words 
goodbye to swallowing a fear just so that you can feel heard
goodbye to finding other worlds in the comfort of our home 
goodbye to falling victim to this electric syndrome

goodbye to feeling close to you, like I could reach out and touch 
goodbye to staying up all night, I can't stand how I love you this much 
goodbye to midnight messages and holding onto skies this blue 
goodbye to all the foolish hearts, goodbye to you

Electric Syndrome

The dreamer narrowly escapes six fever dreams, slipping between bossanova blues, and deep cut doo-wop; underground echoes, spacey pinings in the night, swaggering flirtation on city fire escapes, and long walks over burning bridges... she awakes, eventually, to find one small and quiet truth. 

Tastes Like Dreams is a collaboration between songwriter Laura Galindo and musicians Greg Tock, Henry Trinder, and Sam Revaz. The dreams are hers and the telling is theirs.

Vulnerable

so heres something new
recorded this 2 1/2 years ago but finally did something with it

all recorded on a lil yeti mic lol
production & writing: laura galindo
guitar/vocals: laura galindo
drums: dave hamar
bass: samuel janvier
piano: nicolas aquino
random synths: laura galindo
 
LYRICS
it’s been hard watching you cry
and it hurts knowing I’m not the reason why
dressed in black, still mourning the day
that she got right up and walked away

don’t you think i can love you better
don’t you see me standing right here
when you gonna get of her sweater
these bullets are the hardest to hear

you're a jilted lover
kicking every stone
he’s a jilted lover
no his heart don’t mirror my own 
baby you should forget her
how she hurt you
my love is a love that you have never known
jilted lover
pull me in to the pain that sunk into your bones

i walk around with you walking in my head
but i’m just the ghost sleeping in your bed
you know you know you’re my reason to stay
but i feel that your heart is away

what does it say about me?
what does it say about me?
that i’m sticking around to play a part in this tragedy

what does it say about me?
what does it say about me?
that i can’t find the strength to get right up and leave

you're a jilted lover
kicking every stone
he’s a jilted lover
no his heart don’t mirror my own 
baby you should forget her
how she hurt you
my love is a love that you have never known
jilted lover
pull me in to the pain that sunk into your bones

and how it hurts
to feel that wounded touch
but you feel so good
that i can’t get enough
drowning in your sheets
you’re making me complete
but i know but i know that you’re so empty

you're a jilted lover
kicking every stone
he’s a jilted lover
no his heart don’t mirror my own 
baby you should forget her
how she hurt you
my love is a love that you have never known
jilted lover
pull me in to the pain that sunk into your bones

Jilted Lover

music for people who'd rather be dancing in space

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