Gallant, "Talking to Myself"

Gallant, "Talking to Myself"

Gallant produced one of the best dbeuts of 2016, and a large part of that has to do with opener "Talking to Myself." If its initial stilted piano line is what first grabs listener attention, it's the soaring hook that really sticks in the brain and refuses to let go; it's not until a few listens later that the desperation and heaviness of the lyrics begin to sink in. On such a lushly produced album, the use of space and dynamics makes "Talking to Myself" an outlier, and one of the easy highlights. — D.R.