started writing first songs of Gallipoli

The inspiration for Gallipoli started with an old Farfisa organ that Condon had shipped to New York from his parents’ home in New Mexico. He acquired the organ in high school when a traveling circus left it in the warehouse of his old workplace. The organ had broken keys and functions, but he managed to write most of his first and large parts of his second albums on it. Condon started writing the first songs of Gallipoli on this organ sometime in late 2016 at his home in Brooklyn. As songwriting progressed to the studio, Gabe Wax (the producer of No No No ) was brought in to help usher in the particular sonic qualities of Gallipoli, which consisted of pushing every instrument and sound to its “near breaking point” (much as he did years ago with the old, broken Farisa organ), by channeling instruments through broken amplifiers, tape machines and PA systems. Recording commenced in fall 2017, after travels through Europe, at Sudestudio in Guagnano, Italy, with the help of studio owner Stefano Manca. Gallipoli was completed with final vocals, mixing and mastering happening at both Condon’s apartment and Vox Ton studios in Berlin, Germany.