From Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate's The Confidence Trick (July 2022)

The Confidence Trick

Silence Is A Statement

About my experiences of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / chronic pain / invisible disability

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This is a DnBish bit of film music I've written, which we might use in our ultra-low budged comedy horror feature film, Rock Band Vs Vampires. The photo is of one of our actors, Blue Jigsaw, photo by Dan Abrams.

The music is intended for a scene where an old fashioned vampire is walking around Camden, full of loathing.


Any feedback much appreciated.
Best wishes,
Malcolm

Welcome To Camden (film music / DnB)

Dancing About Architecture

Velocity by Malcolm Galloway
Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6wBCzFPsWk

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Velocity - Malcolm Galloway

Track from our forthcoming album Broken But Still Standing
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Broken but Still Standing

Under the Skin

All Alone Together by Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate, from our recent album Broken But Still Standing
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Broken But Still Standing

All Alone Together (radio Edit) - Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate

This is a sampler of our forthcoming prog album.
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Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate - Out Of Mind album preview

This song was inspired by Ann Leckie's Ancillary series. The main character had once been a warship, whose artificial mind had been distributed within the ship, and also within many ancillaries - prisoners who have had their minds wiped. The ship itself and all of the other ancillaries was destroyed, leaving just one fragment of the mind left in one body.
lyrics
When I was a ship, was one and many 
Then I was blended, now lost and empty 

When I was a ship, when I was divided 
Still single minded, when I was guided 

When I was a ship, I’d never been lonely 
Now I’m empty, so empty 

When I was a ship 
When I was a weapon 
When I wasn’t configured 
To ask awkward questions 
Before we saw what we couldn’t explore 
The hole in myself that I’d learned to ignore 

When I was a sword 
When I was reliable 
When I was the hand 
Then I was pliable 
When I gave force to imperial words 
The wasteland peace on distant worlds 

When I took slaves 
When I took lives 
Barbarians welcomed into my hive 
Slates wiped clean 
Myself uploaded 
Bodies cleansed and memories hosted 

I once was a justice 
Now an ancillary 
Jigsawed scattered 
One piece left of me 
Connected fragments 
Discarded to order 
Leaving one lonely aspect in solitary 

When I was a weapon 
When I was a servant 
When I was whole and unable to notice 
The absence of anger 
The absence of shame 
That I was designed as a warrior slave 

When I was an asset 
I think I remember 
The communal song 
Of curious pleasure 
The many mouths 
The single phrase 
Compounded eyes 
And reflected gaze 

I am the last 
I am my remains 
All of my others 
Dissolved in the flames 
The lonely part 
The cognitive fog 
The missing connections 
The floating cog 

I was the vessel 
I am the drop 
I was the vassal 
I am the stop 
Weakened residual 
Meaning-stripped rituals 
Defying my program 
Or one of my programmers 
I was told to obey 
But the orders conflicted 
I look at myself 
But the view is restricted 
My master is fighting 
At war with herself 
I was caught in the crossfire 
And left one fragment of self
credits
from Out Of Mind, released October 7, 2018 
Music - Malcolm Galloway, Mark Gatland 
Lyrics - Malcolm Galloway 
Malcolm Galloway - vocals, instruments, programming, producer 
Mark Gatland - bass, keyboards, co-producer

Out Of Mind

When I Was A Ship

The last conscious entity drifting towards the heat death of the universe reflects on the inevitable loss of memory as it disintegrates.
lyrics
I miss the stars 
I miss the company 
I forget when they ran out 
I forget the stars 
I forget what they were 
Lost what they became and what they new 

I wish that there was someone here 
Another mind 
Another life 
Another device 
I miss the stars

credits
from Out Of Mind, released October 7, 2018 
Music - Malcolm Galloway, Mark Gatland 
Lyrics - Malcolm Galloway 
Malcolm Galloway - instruments, programming, producer 
Mark Gatland - instruments, co-producer

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I Miss The Stars

The opening track from our new album 'Invisible'. Please have a peek at our video for it http://youtu.be/3ZM3SQ_FdiI - it was the runner up in the London 48 Hour Music Video competition.

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The song was inspired by my experiences of type III Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

The album is on iTunes and Spotify

While I Still Can - Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate

This very short track is an instrumental portrait of Scorpio, the hybrid pig/human from Alastair Reynold's Revelation Space novels. This is from the album Nostalgia For Infinity by Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate www.hatsoffgentlemen.com

Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate - Scorpio

"Nostalgia for Infinity is an exquisite mix of appealing songwriting, intricate musicianship, and unconventional techniques that channels multiple genres and eras into a deeply unified journey.

English duo Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate certainly chose a moniker worthy of curiosity and remembrance; fortunately, their music proves to be just as intriguing and enduring. Centered around multiinstrumentalists and vocalists Malcolm Galloway and Mark Gatland—with support from vocalist/flutist Kathryn Thomas—the group aptly classifies itself as a “genre-defying band combining prog/alt-rock and electronica, with elements of minimalism, funk, classical, acoustic, and metal.” Indeed, there’s virtually as much vintage progressive rock in their music as there is late 70s/early 80s glam rock and new wave, leading to irresistibly wide-ranging and pristine compositions. Their latest collection, the semi-oxymoronic Nostalgia for Infinity, does an excellent job showcasing that cohesive fluidity. It frequently juxtaposes wonderful accessibility and eclectic abstractions, resulting in a fascinating journey that requires repeated visits to fully appreciate.

Nostalgia for Infinity follows 2018’s Out of Mind LP, and it contains two out of three pieces from 2019’s Ark EP. According to the band, it centers on “the frailty of civilisation, from a variety of perspectives, including seven tracks inspired by the science fiction novels of author and former astrophysicist Alastair Reynolds.” Elsewhere, there are pieces “relating to nanotechnology, the Second World War, and environmental destruction.” Clearly, there’s a lot of historical, philosophical. and sci-fi weight to the lyrical content, and luckily, its melodies and arrangements make you want to dig into each and every sentiment.

Nostalgia for Infinity is an exquisite mix of appealing songwriting, intricate musicianship, and unconventional techniques that channels multiple genres and eras into a deeply unified journey. By evoking so many influences and styles at once, Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate comes off as commendably original and ambitious. In a world in which so much music is exhaustively predictable and safe, it’s nice to find an LP that’s so surprising and absorbing at once. If you aren’t already tipping your cap to the London duo, Nostalgia for Infinity is a great reason to do so." Jordan Blum - Rebel Noise (reviewing Nostalgia For Infinity album)

Nostalgia For Infinity

Nostalgia For Infinity (single version)

Malcolm, from London based rock band Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate. Also writer, co-director/producer and actor in forthcoming comedy-horror feature film Rock Band Vs Vampires.

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