Jeff, Unfortunately - Bridge Over Troubled Flowers (2025)

Jeff, Unfortunately is the solo identity of Bridge of Flowers singer/guitarist Jeffrey Gallagher. If you thought his perspective in BoF was coming from a different angle, wait until you hear his singular vision on this album. Stringing together songs and instrumental soundscapes (mostly alternating the two modes), this is a more polished album than many of his solo endeavors, but don’t worry, he’s not edging towards the mainstream—far from it. This is both a sonic and psychic excursion, sometimes whimsical, often as serious as your life.
NOTE: Yes, this album is mastered at a low volume. This is a deliberate aesthetic choice that fits with the way the voice drawls, mumbles, confides awkward feelings, grumbles. Bridge Over Trouble Flowers is one of the most intimate listening experiences you’ll ever have. Its contents are whispered to you.

Press Quotes: “The lo-fi/noise/folk-being known as Jeff Gallagher/Alto Jeffro has been creating various warbly and uncanny pieces for a good amount of time no matter what genre he stumbles upon. His dry and cynical sense of humor has been projected into his work in various quantities.”—Boston Hassle

“Riding the free folk lines from Michael Hurley to Akron/Family, Jeffrey Gallagher has carved out a quavering niche for himself over the past few years. Album opener “Don’t Make Me Dream” ambles along on unhurried guitar, laying back into the tall grasses to muse in hypnotic call and response with his own psyche. Reassuring himself that he’s unhitched from the past, the song has a sweet sadness to it, a shaky ache that’s a marked departure from the noise of Flowers’ more noisy fare.”—Raven Sings the Blues

Tracklist:
1-1 Jeff, Unfortunately;Jeff - Don't Make Me Dream [2:33]
1-2 Jeff, Unfortunately;Jeff - Bruised Larynx [1:49]
1-3 Jeff, Unfortunately;Jeff - Heart at All [1:42]
1-4 Jeff, Unfortunately;Jeff - P. Cole [1:48]
1-5 Jeff, Unfortunately;Jeff - Surgeon's Daughter [1:55]
1-6 Jeff, Unfortunately;Jeff - Fading [1:02]
1-7 Jeff, Unfortunately;Jeff - Baby Christ (Amazing Grace) [3:39]
1-8 Jeff, Unfortunately;Jeff - Name Something I Wouldn't Do for Five Bucks [3:54]
1-9 Jeff, Unfortunately;Jeff - The Universe [1:18]
1-10 Jeff, Unfortunately;Jeff - Capitalism [2:52]
1-11 Jeff, Unfortunately;Jeff - Snake Lake [1:45]
1-12 Jeff, Unfortunately;Jeff - Merle Haggard's Mama [1:59]
1-13 Jeff, Unfortunately;Jeff - Serious Stairs [1:00]
1-14 Jeff, Unfortunately;Jeff - Cockroach Coffee [2:26]
1-15 Jeff, Unfortunately;Jeff - Sus [0:58]
1-16 Jeff, Unfortunately;Jeff - I Can't Die Blues [2:54]
1-17 Jeff, Unfortunately;Jeff - Wispy Facial Hair [2:23]
1-18 Jeff, Unfortunately;Jeff - Do You Like Me [1:34]