As a salute to a growing love from a young man’s heart and eyes, Mitch Gallagher, an independently-produced country singer/songwriter playing out of Nashville, released his five-track, self-titled debut last year, and has been pushing along ever since. Gallagher croons and strums the tunes that emote growing up, love and reflection, making homes and driving favored back roads. All the while, he maintains his charming and simplistic, though assimilated, Southern roots (Gallagher was raised in Maryville, Mo.) throughout his lyrics and his firm hold on the modern Nashville country sound heard in the likes of Brad Paisley or Blake Shelton.
Along with those qualities and tight production value, Mitch Gallagher landed within the Top 50 on the iTunes Top 100 country albums chart shortly after its release last year.
The lead-0ff track and current single from the record, “What Makes Love Go Round,” is a good representation of growing into a young love with a companion and making a home with her, while a mandolin/guitar intro leads into a tambourine-driven mid-tempo rhythm backed by running fiddle riffs and electric guitar, all pulling together a heart-warmer of a song.
The third, “Meant for Coming Back,” is a good example of his sentiments on reflection and nostalgia for, at the least, driving back roads. A little slower than “What Makes Love Go Round,” both songs were seemingly written with an innocent sweetness, while retaining the composition style and big sound currently the rage on country radio.
Even though one may not be able to pick his songs out of a lineup on a country station, the homey feeling comes out throughout the entirety of the EP, making it worthy enough to emanate from any country station in the nation. The short, feelgood listen offered on Mitch Gallagher makes it an acceptable addition to Music City’s repertoire, provided one’s musical tastes land in that area.
The Mitch Gallagher EP can be ordered through iTunes and CD Baby, while information on Gallagher can be found at mitchgallaghermusic.com. His upcoming April shows include Luke Caccetta’s EP release concert, Wednesday, April 23 at The Rutledge in Nashville.
