Ron Gallo Releases New Single And Video For DO YOU LOVE YOUR COMPANY

Last week, Ron Gallo shared the single and video for "Always Elsewhere" off of his forthcoming, Stardust Birthday Party. Today, he releases part two - the music video for "Do You Love Your Company?" The two videos act as companion pieces. In "Always Elsewhere" Gallo walks through various scenes carrying a box labeled "SELF," and at the end he opens the box to see what's inside, which is where the "Company" video begins.

"'Do You Love Your Company' is a song about self-inquiry," says Gallo. "I think a lot of people struggle with being truly alone or fear silence because it forces them to look inward, but ultimately I think it's one of the most important things we can do to understand ourselves and others." Gallo is "tremendously sincere in what he's trying to get the audience to understand: If you're getting impatient in a moment that, on the surface, is meant to encourage inner peace, what does that say about you?" said NPR's World Cafe. "This record finds Gallo essentially erasing himself as he knows it, and turning to broader cosmic concerns."

Stardust Birthday Party is the follow up to Ron Gallo's debut album, Heavy Meta, a "garage rock album whose emphasis on lurid fun doesn't sacrifice depth," said The Guardian, giving it four stars. Mojo called it a "Shrieky-voiced, Jad fair-esque solo set of mid-70s Bowery oddball punk." Stardust Birthday Party is out on October 5th on New West and available for pre-order today. The album will be released digitally, on CD and vinyl.

Ron Gallo will be out on tour in support of Stardust Birthday Party throughout the rest of the year. A festival mainstay - having performed at Coachella, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Hang Out, Firefly and sharing stages with White Reaper, Twin Peaks, Ty Segall, The Black Angels and more. He'll play dates throughout the US and Europe this Summer and will head out on a full North American tour this fall. Highlights include Gallo's Hometown of Philly at the First Unitarian Church on November 10th, Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn on November 12th and the final date at The Basement East in Nashville, TN on November 17th. Tickets for the November tour are on-sale now.

Track Listing:

1.) Who Are You? (Point To It!)

2.) Always Elsewhere

3.) Prison Decor

4.) Party Tumor

5.) Do You Love Your Company?

6.) "You" Are The Problem

7.) It's All Gonna Be OK

8.) I Wanna Die (Before I Die)

9.) Love Supreme (Work Together!)

10.) The Password

11.) Bridge Crossers

12.) Happy Deathday

Tour Dates:

* - w/ The Black Angels

Aug 30 - Gigante Festival - Guadalajara, ES

Aug 31 - Ebrovision Festival - Miranda de Ebro, ES

Sept 01 - Sintonitzza Festival - Barcelona, ES

Sept 02 - Joy Eslava - Madrid, ES*

Sept 03 - Sabotage - Lisbon, PT

Sept 04 - Hard Club - Porto, PT*

Sept 21 - Lincoln Calling Festival - Lincoln, NE

Nov 01 - Ace of Cups - Columbus, OH

Nov 02 - White Rabbit - Indianapolis, OH

Nov 03 - Raccoon Motel - Davenport, IA

Nov 04 - Lincoln Hall - Chicago, IL

Nov 06 - Garrison - Toronto, QC

Nov 07 - Ministere - Montreal QC

Nov 08 - ArtsRiots - Burlington, VT

Nov 10 - First Unitarian Church - Philadelphia, PA

Nov 11 - Brighton Music Hall - Boston, MA

Nov 12 - Music Hall of Williamsburg - Brooklyn New York

Nov 13 - DC9 - Washington, DC

Nov 14 - Kings Barcade - Raleigh, NC

Nov 15 - The Royal American - Charleston, SC

Nov 16 - The Earl - Atlanta, GA

Nov 17 - Basement East - Nashville, TN

Photo Credit: Jesse Fox

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