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The very last day of recording the album that became checkmate, Ron Gallo wrote and recorded the title track. Which, in his words, half-jokingly, is Inchmy first true love song that also happens to be the best love song ever writtenInch. It encapsulates the entire purpose of the album which takes his previous motto - InchThe world is fucked, but the universe is inside youInch and changes it to InchThe world is ending, what can I hold on to?Inch. After years of navigating artistic reinvention and resisting change, Ron Gallo arrives at his latest album, checkmate, with a newfound clarity and sense of purpose. Stripped down and direct, checkmate marks a reset a shedding of old selves, old anger, and the need for introspection. Social commentary has always been a driving force behind Gallo's music, and checkmate finds the bridge between personal inner dialogues and cultural analysis, grasping the vulnerability he once avoided.What remains here is distilled raw thoughts about love, identity, and survival in a collapsing world. Gallo calls it Incha process to kill off my old self,Inch a from years of hiding, whether it's behind a comic veil or a wall of instruments and noise. With checkmate, he finds himself aligned with a new audience who have found his music through social media riffs turned viral smashes, 7am Songs, who come with no preconceived notions-only a desire to connect. The personal vulnerability found in these songs are far more relatable than Gallo could have first imagined. Inner dialogues we all seem to be having, but struggling to find the words for, until now. Album Tracks 1. Checkmate 2. Fantasy 3. Feel-It-All Phase 4. Free Advice 5. Giant Silent Disco 6. Gun to My Head 7. I've Already Won 8. One Catch of the Eye 9. Somebody God Would Want to Chill with 10. Too Tired to Love You 11. Trampoline
