Passages XXII– XXXII (2025)

Modern Silent Cinema - Passages XXII– XXXII
release date February 24, 2025 by Bad Channels Records (BCR-013)

1. Passage XXII
2. Passage XXIII
3. Passage XXIV
4. Passage XXV
5. Passage XXVI
6. Passage XXVII
7. Passage XXVIII
8. Passage XXIX
9. Passage XXX
10. Passage XXXI
11. Passage XXXII

Written, Performed, and Recorded by Cullen Gallagher
All songs ©2025 • Published by CBG Music Works (ASCAP)
Recorded August 4–9, 2024
Mastered by Caleb Mulkerin at Tank 28
Cover Art by SG •  Interior Photography by Cullen Gallagher

Now streaming:
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Physical Media:
Limited edition CD and LP (coming soon) available from Bad Channels Records

Reviews:
"Tingling and tapping, Modern Silent Cinema elicits strange sounds, changing from simple rhythms to contemplative feelings, from melancholic, ostinato plonking to tinny clangs, unafraid of dissonance, Ross Bolleter sounds, ghostly glitches, or whirring interference. But with two handed  catchy melodies, these homemade DIY sounds consciously play with the charm of the imperfect, the all too human."—Bad Alchemy

"Between avant-garde and neo-classical...always searching for sounds and motifs that can be found outside the beaten tracks, sometimes pushing the piano off a cliff as it were, and capture its final notes before it gives out completely. He can be gentle as well, serving up incidental music a la Zbigniew Preisner or Erik Satie ("Passage XXIX"). As a guitarist Gallagher's love for post-rock and jazz can be found in the rougher vignettes ("Passage XXIII")."—Hans Werksman, Here Comes the Flood

"A nice collection of lovely piano pieces."—Charlie Miles, Liquid Library: Spooling Towards Freedom (CAMP Radio)

Radio:
April 10, 2025 - "Passage XXV" (from Passages XXII–XXXII) on Popular Culture Process Filter with Chuck Nicklow (WRUW 91.1FM, Cleveland, OH)
March 27, 2025 - "Passage XXXII" on The Aetherium (KRBX Radio Boise, Boise, ID)
March 23, 2025 - "Passage XXII" on Eardrum Buzz Radio (Eardrum Buzz Radio, Burbank, CA)
March 23, 2025 - "Passage XXIV" on Lone Frequencies (Mad Wasp Radio, UK/Online)
March 20, 2025 - "Passage XXX" on The Aetherium (KRBX Radio Boise, Boise, ID)
March 16, 2025 - "Passage XXIII" on Eardrum Buzz Radio (Eardrum Buzz Radio, Burbank, CA)
March 14, 2025 - "Passage XXIX" on Eardrum Buzz Radio (Eardrum Buzz Radio, Burbank, CA)
March 13, 2025 - "Passage XXX" on Signal to Noise with Barry Lee (KKFI 90.1 FM, Kansas City, MO)
March 13, 2025 - "Passage XXVII" on Signal to Noise with Barry Lee (KKFI 90.1 FM, Kansas City, MO)
March 13, 2025 - "Passage XXVIII" on The Aetherium (KRBX Radio Boise, Boise, ID)
March 7, 2025 - "Passage XXX" on Elysian Fields with Dominic Castelli (KXCI 91.3 FM, Tucson, AZ)
March 6, 2025 - "Passage XXVII" on The Aetherium (KRBX Radio Boise, Boise, ID)
March 1, 2025 - "Passage XXII" on Blauerosen + Jointweird (Tak Tent Radio)
February 27, 2025 - "Passage XXIV" on Phantom Circuit #437: Vision Off (Beachy Head Radio, East Sussex, UK)
February 27, 2025 - "Passage XXV"on The Aetherium (KRBX Radio Boise, Boise, ID)
February 27, 2025 - "Passage XXXII" on Popular Culture Process Filter with Chuck Nicklow (WRUW 91.1FM, Cleveland, OH)
February 25, 2025 - "Passage XXV" on Liminal Noise (CAMP Radio, Riga, Latvia)
February 23, 2025 -"Passage XXIX" on Melody Unasked For (WFHB 91.3FM, Bloomington, IN)
February 20, 2025 - "Passage XXX" on Eardrum Buzz Radio (www.eardrumbuzz.net, Burbank, CA)
February 20, 2025 - "Passage XXIV" on The Aetherium (KRBX Radio Boise, Boise, ID)
February 19, 2025 - "Passage XXXII" on Eardrum Buzz Radio (www.eardrumbuzz.net, Burbank, CA)
February 18, 2025 - "Passage XXIX" on Eardrum Buzz Radio (www.eardrumbuzz.net, Burbank, CA)
February 17, 2025 - "Passage XXX" on What You Need with Jeff Curtis (WRUW 91.1FM, Cleveland, OH)
February 16, 2025 - "Passage XXXI" on We Are Electro (Eardrum Buzz, Burbank, CA)
February 16, 2025 - "Passage XXIV" on We Are Electro (Eardrum Buzz, Burbank, CA)
February 11, 2025 - "Passage XXIV" on Liquid Library: Spooling Towards Freedom (CAMP Radio, Bristol, UK)
February 6, 2025 - "Passage XXX" on Phantom Circuit #435: Hip Mutant Croci (Beachy Head Radio, East Sussex, UK)
February 6, 2025 - "Passage XXIV" on Popular Culture Process Filter with Chuck Nicklow (WRUW 91.1FM, Cleveland, OH)
February 3, 2025 - "Passage XXII" on What You Need with Jeff Curtis (WRUW 91.1FM, Cleveland, OH)
January 30, 2025 - "Passage XXVIII" on The Infinite Kaleidoscope with Kristin Cofer (BFF.FM, San Francisco, CA)
January 30, 2025 - "Passage XXIX" on Orbiting a Different Star with Andrew Backhouse (Harrogate Community Radio, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England)