I was up late watching M2 one night a couple months ago and amazingly they actually played a video. It was by a band I'd never heard of before, the Gaslight Anthem. At first I thought it was just another generic pop-rock band, but as I listened to this song "Great Expectations," they began to remind me of the Replacements. Apparently, their record has gotten good press from both mainstream and more indie publications. I haven't really heard the record, but I like the song. Any thoughts on them?
― Jesus Christ, Attorney at Law (res), Monday, 8 June 2009 20:07 (3 years ago) Permalink
Oh, also they've gotten a lot of Bruce Springsteen comparisons. This song does have that trademark epic quality.
― Jesus Christ, Attorney at Law (res), Monday, 8 June 2009 20:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
i repped for them on the year-end ILM poll a few months ago (although they didn't place and for all i know nobody else voted for them), although i dunno how much people have really followed them here. if you like the singles you'll like the album, it's all a bit samey and surface level but they're definitely good at what they do. saw them live a few weeks ago and it was a fun show. they even covered the Replacements!
― the daily fail (some dude), Monday, 8 June 2009 20:20 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah word this has grown on me like crazy, '59 Sound is a very good album. "great expectations" is my favorite song. it's also nice to have an album i can recommend to/have in common with my lame-o pop-punk/emo friends
― and why?!? (k3vin k.), Monday, 8 June 2009 20:23 (3 years ago) Permalink
-liking friends
haha unrelated to my prev post but jordan s would like this
― and why?!? (k3vin k.), Monday, 8 June 2009 20:41 (3 years ago) Permalink
I really really love this band. Their latest album The 59 sound was olne of the highlights of 2008 for me. Saw them play a great show at a sold out Vera three months ago. They also did their coverversion of Left Of The Dial, and they played State Of Love And Trust as a second cover.
Strangely enough last year they were still touring with hardcore-bands, like Annihilation Time.
― Marty Innerlogic, Monday, 8 June 2009 21:21 (3 years ago) Permalink
on an unrelated tangent, i'm curious how you perceive this addition changes the meaning of the previous statement.
― Jesus Christ, Attorney at Law (res), Monday, 8 June 2009 21:46 (3 years ago) Permalink
ha idk i mean my 19/20 y.o. friends don't dress like but listen to "emo" music
― and why?!? (k3vin k.), Monday, 8 June 2009 21:49 (3 years ago) Permalink
I kind of missed out on The 59 Sound last year but picked it up after people repped for it in the end of year poll thread. Utter classic, anyway. They make me want to go and drink beer and have ridiculous adventures. Is the first album as good?
― Matt DC, Monday, 8 June 2009 21:59 (3 years ago) Permalink
Also I was listening to it heavily while reading The Savage Detectives and the two feel completely intertwined in my head now.
― Matt DC, Monday, 8 June 2009 22:00 (3 years ago) Permalink
I got into the title track of 59 Sound last fall after Breihan repped hard for the album on his blog, but I sorta felt like the record was real samey as a whole and let it fall by the wayside as I got really into The Hold Steady again. In the last month, though, I've totally fallen in love with it whole hog (and got Sarge into it too iirc). I know all the words and am learning to play most of it.
If Hold Steady are the wizened older brothers who've made all the mistakes and spend their time telling half-grinning cautionary tales, these guys are the younger brothers who're gonna hear all the stories and ignore the advice and go and make the same mistakes. They sound like the decision to stay young and reckless when you maybe ought to know better.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 8 June 2009 22:42 (3 years ago) Permalink
I fuckin love this band.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 8 June 2009 22:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
good post dude
― and why?!? (k3vin k.), Monday, 8 June 2009 22:44 (3 years ago) Permalink
Great record, but too many pick slides at the same point in the arrangement. Minor quibble? Perhaps. But it bugs me as much as a scratch in an LP.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 8 June 2009 23:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
I can see how that would be irritating. Of course, a similar charge could be leveled against the entire Verse-Chorus-Verse format.
― Jesus Christ, Attorney at Law (res), Monday, 8 June 2009 23:42 (3 years ago) Permalink
by the way, is there a reason why the word "repped" appears so much in this thread?
― Jesus Christ, Attorney at Law (res), Monday, 8 June 2009 23:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
Paid cash money for it. After more than enough listening, thought this about it on Rolling Country last year, posted for its Americana vibe:
=========The Gaslight Anthem The '59 Sound Don't know where to put this and it's Americana, so here by default.
Heavily influenced by late period Replacements and some Hold Steady, I think. Which makes it sound hand-wringingly sincere and Bruce Springsteen as filtered through indie types. Lots of ringing guitars but not in the classic rock sense ala Tom Petty. Ringing guitars in the sense that everything sounds the same and indie after fifteen minutes and all the guitar solos are octave riffs and nothing ever sounds like Chuck Berry or Little Richard.
Guys singing about standing in the pounding Jersey rain. Forget this dead man's town! O-ooo-oo-oh-o---ooh! Yo-ho! Eesh. Fuck me, why do I get sucked in by stuff like this? Just ain't my style. When I think of the '59 Fullerton Fender guitar sound, I don't think Jersey/Long Island bar band as reinterpreted by dudes doing the indie thing. Why doesn't this stuff ever sound like the Norman Nardini's or Joe Gruschecky's of the real genre. Makes the Mudcrutch album earlier this year sound inspired.
Can you believe they've actually entitled songs "The Patient Ferris Wheel" and "Here's Looking at You, Kid"?
― Gorge, Friday, 19 December 2008 22:06 (5 months ago) Permalink=======
― Gorge, Tuesday, 9 June 2009 02:55 (3 years ago) Permalink
Is the first album as good?
― Matt DC, Monday, June 8, 2009 5:59 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
no, but it's not far off, it's pretty impressive how fully formed they were from the jump. the EP released in between, Senor And The Queen, is good too.
― the daily fail (some dude), Tuesday, 9 June 2009 03:07 (3 years ago) Permalink
i would get into why these guys are good and Hold Steady sucks but let's not and say we did
are you one of those dudes who loved lifter puller but doesnt like hold steady?
― makeitstop (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 9 June 2009 03:23 (3 years ago) Permalink
i'm one of those dudes who has no love for any of the above
― the daily fail (some dude), Tuesday, 9 June 2009 03:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
just some dude
― makeitstop (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 9 June 2009 03:32 (3 years ago) Permalink
i really really fucked up by not listening to these dudes till like last week
― let free dom ring (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 9 June 2009 04:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
these guys were fun live
― the grouse of the solitary faggot (donna rouge), Tuesday, 9 June 2009 06:39 (3 years ago) Permalink
i sort of actively avoided bands that sounded like these guys when i was in HS in north jersey (lots of my friends were into the new brunswick uh "scene" but i was too busy being lol indie) and now i'm like "damn, i probably missed out on some stuff"
― the grouse of the solitary faggot (donna rouge), Tuesday, 9 June 2009 06:41 (3 years ago) Permalink
Haha the first album is almost exactly the same as the first one except shorter and not quite as good.
They're playing Glastonbury in a couple of weeks, which I'm psyched about.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 9 June 2009 08:44 (3 years ago) Permalink
Someone's gotta say it: DUD DUD DUD. Third-hand nostalgia for shit that wasn't that good in the first place. I mean, if you like Night Ranger, maybe these guys come off as an OK update on that. But does every fucking song have to have the word "tonight" in it?
― staggerlee, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 00:32 (3 years ago) Permalink
Yeah, what I've heard has been pretty uninspiring and rote.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 10 June 2009 00:38 (3 years ago) Permalink
Third-hand nostalgia for shit that wasn't that good in the first place.
I'm not gonna argue with this, dudes quote fucking Counting Crows in their lyrics, but i still like it.
― some dude, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 00:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
I've tried listening to the rest of the album, but it's not quite gelling for me yet; I like "Great Expectations" though. It has a great vibe, and the lyrics are so forlorn.
Also, I had a thought; this may be an album that requires a particular context to work best. I'm thinking that it would work a lot better in a bar.
― Jesus Christ, Attorney at Law (res), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 14:38 (3 years ago) Permalink
^^^ this is so true, a bar is where I first heard this band and it sounded pretty great in that context.
But yeah, staggerlee is also OTM, and objectively theres no reason why I should like this. But I do. Just spun the record again this morning and enjoyed 90% of it.
― the sideburns are album-specific (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 14:41 (3 years ago) Permalink
holy fuck these tickets are more money than i expected them to be
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 23 August 2009 02:03 (3 years ago) Permalink
I just got a copy of The '59 Sound. Am I gonna love it?
― Mordy, Sunday, 23 August 2009 02:32 (3 years ago) Permalink
idk. i hope so. i've been continuously surprised by people's reactions to it.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 23 August 2009 02:40 (3 years ago) Permalink
Turning it on... I'll let you know how it goes.
― Mordy, Sunday, 23 August 2009 03:20 (3 years ago) Permalink
continually is i think the word i wanted there
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 23 August 2009 03:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
I like this a lot more than Hold Steady so far.
― Mordy, Sunday, 23 August 2009 03:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
Their album The 59 Sound is one of those albums I can't stop playing, even though other band have basically done the same before. I really like Brian Fallon's voice.
― Marty Innerlogic, Sunday, 23 August 2009 11:24 (3 years ago) Permalink
The end of 2009 saw The Gaslight Anthem entering the studio once again with producer Ted Hutt, to begin recording their second album for SideOneDummy Records, due out in the first half of 2010.
goddamn this can't come soon enough, i want to give a shit about a rock record
― k3vin k., Saturday, 31 October 2009 05:45 (3 years ago) Permalink
just listening to that EP for the first time now, "blue jeans and white t-shirts" is slaying me
― k3vin k., Saturday, 31 October 2009 22:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
wtf dud
― akaky akakievich, Saturday, 31 October 2009 23:08 (3 years ago) Permalink
sb
― Nanobots: HOOSTEEND (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, 31 October 2009 23:09 (3 years ago) Permalink
new lucero album goes well with this btw
― Nanobots: HOOSTEEND (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, 31 October 2009 23:15 (3 years ago) Permalink
i always kinda sorta wish i'm someone else
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 4 November 2009 15:20 (3 years ago) Permalink
let's do this
http://www.myspace.com/thegaslightanthem
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 23 March 2010 19:17 (3 years ago) Permalink
<333 this band
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 23 March 2010 19:58 (3 years ago) Permalink
Nice new song.
― Marty Innerlogic, Tuesday, 23 March 2010 20:06 (3 years ago) Permalink
ayyyyyyyyyyyyyy
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 00:52 (3 years ago) Permalink
played great expectations while downing my second double whiskey & coke at the bar yest and i was in...well, heaven isn't the word.
yeah "great expectations" is just
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 24 March 2010 01:52 (3 years ago) Permalink
the gasface anthem
― it is just like an unknown puzzle till the end of the world (dyao), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 02:14 (3 years ago) Permalink
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 02:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
suggest bantham
suggest you read jeremy bentham
― it is just like an unknown puzzle till the end of the world (dyao), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 02:50 (3 years ago) Permalink
have and do son!! have and do.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 03:12 (3 years ago) Permalink
:)
― it is just like an unknown puzzle till the end of the world (dyao), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 03:17 (3 years ago) Permalink
lol
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 03:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
I'm watching you right now tbh
― it is just like an unknown puzzle till the end of the world (dyao), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 03:39 (3 years ago) Permalink
weird.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 03:46 (3 years ago) Permalink
sub-the Killers
― skogsturken, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 17:58 (3 years ago) Permalink
The Emo Street Band.
― ithappens, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 18:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
you all suck fyi
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 25 March 2010 01:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
the HOOSlight anthem
― it is just like an unknown puzzle till the end of the world (dyao), Thursday, 25 March 2010 01:50 (3 years ago) Permalink
<3 <3 incomprehensible hoarse vocals in the background of the chorus <3 <3 <3
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 25 March 2010 02:32 (3 years ago) Permalink
i still listen to the 59 sound like once every two weeks, i'm sure this new one is going to own but it has a tough act to follow
― k3vin k., Thursday, 25 March 2010 03:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
Heavily influenced by late period Replacements and some Hold Steady, I think.
I would have said mid-Period Replacements.
― Melvin van Osterlow, Jr. (res), Thursday, 25 March 2010 03:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
I can't let HOOS ride on this alone, loved the last alum lots. Excited for a new one, but yeah, will be hard to top The '59 Sound.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 25 March 2010 04:05 (3 years ago) Permalink
ok i have now listened to 'american slang' 20 times tonight and am beginning to want more songs like it to listen to so this album needs to hurry
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 6 April 2010 03:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
they cut me to ribbons and taught me to drive in a dream i had ohhhh in a dream i hadi had your name tattooed inside of my arm in a dream i had ohhhh in a dream i had
^^^ dope
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 6 April 2010 03:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
didnt even notice til tonight that dude actually does a full throated non-background-vocal glory note at the end and its kinda thrilling
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 6 April 2010 03:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
oh here's the youtube btw if you want that
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 6 April 2010 03:30 (3 years ago) Permalink
*digs new album*
― my two percent's worth (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 21 April 2010 05:41 (3 years ago) Permalink
*feels bad for band that album leaked 2 months early, am probably going to wait for release date*
― Spiney G. Porcupinegarden (some dude), Wednesday, 21 April 2010 15:21 (3 years ago) Permalink
*digs new album*― my two percent's worth (k3vin k.), Wednesday, April 21, 2010 6:41 AM (Yesterday)
― my two percent's worth (k3vin k.), Wednesday, April 21, 2010 6:41 AM (Yesterday)
This.
― Mordy, Thursday, 22 April 2010 16:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
Yeah it's good, maybe not 59 Sound good on first listen, but it's early days.
Also, the sun's just coming out, there's a whole summer of adventures and possibility ahead, it's exactly the right time for music like this.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 22 April 2010 16:49 (3 years ago) Permalink
Their Facebook page has a stream of "American Slang" (just the title track, mind you) with noticeably better sound quality than the Youtube and Myspace feeds.
Didn't discover "'59 Sound" until this year (!!! late to the party again), loved it, so, totally looking forward to a new record.
― Tantrum The Cat, Thursday, 22 April 2010 16:57 (3 years ago) Permalink
"Bring It On" is a killer track.
― Mordy, Friday, 23 April 2010 16:32 (3 years ago) Permalink
I think this album is just about every bit as good as the last one.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 23 April 2010 18:00 (3 years ago) Permalink
BTW, why can't bands (labels) be more careful with their albums? Leaks this early are pretty inexcusable/inexplicable.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 23 April 2010 18:04 (3 years ago) Permalink
i know it's early, but they have made another classic album imo
― my two percent's worth (k3vin k.), Sunday, 25 April 2010 19:05 (3 years ago) Permalink
and you're slow like motown souuuul
― my two percent's worth (k3vin k.), Sunday, 25 April 2010 21:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
Between this and the new Against Me! it's a great year for post-warped tour rock.
― Mordy, Sunday, 25 April 2010 21:18 (3 years ago) Permalink
my favorites are "american slang", "orphans", and "the spirit of jazz" but i'm feeling this whole thing. not sure about that retarded mayer affect he's putting on for "the diamond church street choir" but the song picks up eventually.
― ban c u tty (k3vin k.), Monday, 26 April 2010 23:20 (3 years ago) Permalink
really? people who like some music i like seem to like this band. i just find them so grim.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 27 April 2010 00:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
Grim? Grim is about the furthest adjective that comes to mind when I think of these guys, I actually find most of their stuff to be uplifting.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 00:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
maybe i need to give them another chance. they seem like "blue-collar springsteen rock" without his sharp lyrics and insight -- but again, maybe i judged too quick/harshly.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 27 April 2010 00:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
I think this one is certainly, well, grimmer than the last, at least. Lots of bittersweet, getting older, rearview mirror stuff. Don't know how much "insight" I'd cite in them, but they do capture the same sort of innocently myopic desperation that Springsteen did. "We have to get out of this dead-end town to make a record!" sort of stuff. Lots of riffs on the healing/escapist power of listening music, too, when you're living in said podunk. Mean streets of New Brunswick?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 00:55 (3 years ago) Permalink
Okay, I haven't heard anything off the new one yet, so maybe I shouldn't be so quick to dismiss "grim".
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 00:55 (3 years ago) Permalink
the music itself is anything but grim
― ban c u tty (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 02:09 (3 years ago) Permalink
No, the music is exultant. The lyrics are a tad grim. But barely.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 12:23 (3 years ago) Permalink
― my two percent's worth (k3vin k.), Sunday, April 25, 2010 5:10 PM (5 days ago)
― brandon softerserve (k3vin k.), Friday, 30 April 2010 05:59 (3 years ago) Permalink
Was listening to this tonight and the second track, "Stay Lucky" is freaking fantastic. They've got amazing narratives, and I love the very end when he whispers something like, "if you're in new york over the next eight days, let me know," like their protagonist has been waiting inside, dreaming about when he was younger, but when Gaslight Anthem is in town, let them know and they'll reignite his youth. (At least that's what I got from it.) I love this Rock + Roll redemptive stuff, esp whispered at the end like it's a guilty secret that Rock n Roll will save you.
― Mordy, Friday, 30 April 2010 06:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
The Spirit of Jazz is my favourite so far. I don't think this one quite has the rush and momentum you get from the first few tracks on The 59 Sound but it's still so so great.
― Matt DC, Friday, 30 April 2010 08:59 (3 years ago) Permalink
"Queen of Lower Chelsea" is their "Straight to Hell."
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 30 April 2010 11:37 (3 years ago) Permalink
― k3vin k., Saturday, October 31, 2009 6:10 PM (6 months ago)
this is such an incredible song...it's not 'stripped down' as much it's like, a monday practice in the NFL. no pads, half-speed
― brandon softerserve (k3vin k.), Sunday, 2 May 2010 04:17 (3 years ago) Permalink
Loved 59' Sound. Didn't know there is a new one coming out soon. I'm Stoked!
― musicfanatic, Sunday, 2 May 2010 17:16 (3 years ago) Permalink
Gaslight (the flick) is on PBS atm. Probably unrelated, but there's no Gaslight thread.
― Mordy, Sunday, 9 May 2010 05:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
keep thinking this thread is about the gaslamp killer
― emotional radiohead whatever (Jordan), Sunday, 9 May 2010 14:37 (3 years ago) Permalink
rip gaslamps
― sveltko (k3vin k.), Sunday, 9 May 2010 15:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
this new not-even-out-yet album is great in the car, unsurprisingly
can see as how 59 sounds would be catchy, rousing and affecting as hell, if you listened often enough to get the hooks planted in your brain. problem is there's nothing that makes me want to listen more than once, if that. it's not a bad record. in fact it's pretty damn good for what it is. but i don't like being told i'm supposed to feel ecstatically wistful unless there's something in the sound & lyrics to separate it from the post-soul-asylum pack. and i don't like the feel of emo americana (or whatever this kind of thing is called) unless it's hitched to a version of cheap retro pop i can relate to.
― contenderizer, Sunday, 9 May 2010 17:20 (3 years ago) Permalink
Emo Americana!
Btw, I felt the same way about 59 Sounds. American Slang distinguishes its hooks much earlier and much quicker. They've become, imo, much more deft songwriters since 59 sound.
― Mordy, Sunday, 9 May 2010 17:21 (3 years ago) Permalink
contenderizer instead of wondering what you would feel like if you listened more than once, try listening more than once. i think i felt similarly after the first time i heard it, and now it's easily one of my ten favorite records of the past 3 years
― sveltko (k3vin k.), Sunday, 9 May 2010 17:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah, after grumping about it, i noticed that i still had bits of it bouncing around not unpleasantly in my head. and i suspect that part of my reticence is simple jadedness. i'm a replacements fan from way back when and even dug the early soul asylum records, esp made to be broken, so maybe it's just hard listen w/out prejudice. still, i think i would like it more if it had angry banjos and drunk yelling into a single room mic.
― contenderizer, Sunday, 9 May 2010 17:41 (3 years ago) Permalink
Can't believe there is still over a month until this comes out and I hear the whole thing.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Sunday, 9 May 2010 18:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
xp which songs were your favorites, if you remember?
― sveltko (k3vin k.), Sunday, 9 May 2010 19:00 (3 years ago) Permalink
mine was "great expectations" for the longest time but i think i like "high lonesome" the best now
great expectations and meet my by the river's edge are the ones i remember best now. plus a line about "high-top sneakers and sailor tattoos" from what song i don't know, but it stuck in my craw in the sense that it seemed to draw too clear a box around the whole thing.
― contenderizer, Sunday, 9 May 2010 19:16 (3 years ago) Permalink
why does the dude go from the line about "southern accents on the radio" directly to the i'm on fire reference? seems confused. i'm resistant to the lyrical angle as a whole, the pileup of outlaw-country-classic-cars-sailor-jerry-runawaywithmebaby WE COOL ROCK BAND signifiers. still, i get that he's not just kissing yesterday's ass. in part he's talking about the desire to adopt a tougher/cooler alternate identity of some kind, an internal escape vehicle that parallels springsteen's muscle cars. which is cool, but i dunno. though he confronts it, he's still wrapping himself in and never really moving outside those colors. love when he lets his voice howl a little though, like towards the end of the miles davis song. wish they'd let the music get a little weirder, wilder, rawer on occasion, but maybe that'd kill the vibe. seriously torn here cuz I dig almost every song here on a gut level, but i'm also almost constantly cheezed out. monroe hips and all. i'm on fire in the jersey rain...
― contenderizer, Sunday, 9 May 2010 20:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
okay, i'm giving up and just deciding to like this. i blame the slower stuff like "even cowgirls get the blues" and "here's looking at you kid", which on this second pass stick out as the most endearing & affecting tunes. like "here comes a regular" and "skyway" on those replacements albums.
― contenderizer, Sunday, 9 May 2010 20:15 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah "here's looking at you, kid" is great, probably their second best slower song after "blue jeans and white t-shirts"
― sveltko (k3vin k.), Sunday, 9 May 2010 22:49 (3 years ago) Permalink
I think the new album is better than The '59 Sound. Much less samey sounding. From reading the reviews I thought I was going to hate the "reggae" song "The Queen of Lower Chelsea," but no the song is great. Smart lift of "Straight To Hell." Everything about this band is so corny and bombastic but I love it.
― righteousmaelstrom, Thursday, 17 June 2010 00:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
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― rennavate, Thursday, 17 June 2010 21:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
it's definitely not on the same level as the '59 sound, but it's a very good follow-up. still haven't gotten into a couple songs fully and the highs aren't quite as high (though the title track, "orphans", and "the spirit of jazz" are all incredible). too short, too!
― k3vin k., Friday, 18 June 2010 04:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/arts/music/20gaslight.html?ref=arts
― ripe dick clark (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 23 June 2010 16:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah that was sweet, also cool to see my two favorite artists on the same page (in the print edition - the-dream and gaslight) when i hardly read the NYT music section
― k3vin k., Thursday, 24 June 2010 00:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
jordan have you even listened to this? where u been?
yeah i listened to this -- probably top 10 of the year -- incredibly solid and often thrilling -- prob will get better as the year wears on
― ripe dick clark (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 24 June 2010 00:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
Yeah, J0rdan likes it a lot, from what I know.
― rennavate, Thursday, 24 June 2010 00:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
This grew on me so much from the initial spins. It went from a "this is nice, albeit derivative, i guess" to HOLY SHIT I CAN'T STOP LISTENING TO THIS ALBUM.
― Alex in Montreal, Thursday, 24 June 2010 02:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
Surprising, because two listens in, I still haven't totally fallen for the '59 sound.
i still love the '59 sound more and more every time i listen to it - it will be v high on my 05-09 ballot
― k3vin k., Thursday, 24 June 2010 02:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
Other way 'round for me. Two listens in and I'm still not head over heels for the new one the way I was with the last, but then that one was a bit of a grower for me as well. Still think the new Against Me! is a little better than this.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 24 June 2010 02:32 (2 years ago) Permalink
Seeing these guys tonight and am kinda psyched. Still listening to 'American Slang' at least once a week. I picked up the first album and can echo what's upthread: kind of a dud, but what an amazing jump in songwriting ability from the first album to '59 Sound.'
― righteousmaelstrom, Tuesday, 14 September 2010 17:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
i've been listening to the senor and the queen EP more recently and it's really a nice warm-up for the '59 sound
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 14 September 2010 17:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
I have that one as well but haven't gotten a chance to listen to it yet.
― righteousmaelstrom, Tuesday, 14 September 2010 17:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
first three songs are nice and show the direction they're about to go in, songwriting-wise, but are a bit stripped-down compared to the 59 sound. the fourth song I consider to be among their best
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 14 September 2010 18:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
Wow. This show was pretty fucking terrible. Kind of shocked but not really surprised I suppose. If you think the albums sound corny and bombastic (which I mentioned upthread), the cheese factor is just amped up by 10 for the live show. While they did not play some tiny club, it wasn't a stadium so why put reverb on the singer's vocals? I think he might have even stolen some of Springsteen's onstage banter. Basically all they were missing was Clarence Clemons on sax and pulling a girl up on stage to dance with -- which actually could have happened because my wife and I left with probably about 30 minutes left in the show. I just couldn't let the show ruin my enjoyment of the albums. So disappointed.
― righteousmaelstrom, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 17:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
Reverb on vocals is a pretty common thing ime?
― "SEX" drought, 2 wisks (zorn_bond.mp3), Friday, 24 September 2010 18:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
let's do thishttp://www.myspace.com/thegaslightanthem― J0rdan S., Tuesday, March 23, 2010 7:17 PM (6 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink<333 this band― k3vin k., Tuesday, March 23, 2010 7:58 PM (6 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalinkayyyyyyyyyyyyyy― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, March 24, 2010 12:52 AM (6 months ago) Bookmark
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go team btw
― "SEX" drought, 2 wisks (zorn_bond.mp3), Friday, 24 September 2010 18:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
anyway i mainy just bumped this to say that "boxer" has slowly become one of my favorites even tho i hated it at first
― "SEX" drought, 2 wisks (zorn_bond.mp3), Friday, 24 September 2010 18:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
and it's still kinda opaque to me, lyrically
they're playing here next week, trying to get on the guest list for it. liked them live when i saw them a year or two back, and lately i've been playing "The Diamond Street Church Choir" constantly.
― J@den S. (some dude), Friday, 24 September 2010 18:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
Not that often live and generally not that noticeable. Listening to American Slang recently and while there is reverb on the vox, it isn't as pronounced.
― righteousmaelstrom, Friday, 24 September 2010 19:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
damn missed this revive! sup hoos
i'm still digging the new album fine but "the 59 sound" just becomes one of my favorite records ever more and more each time i listen to it. my recent favorite has been "casanova, baby!" - love those jangly guitar sounds in the chorus so much, and how they kind of mimic the vocal melody but except they're like one phrase ahead (lol does anyone know what i mean?). plus the the delivery of "i'm still these nervous feet and heart of stone" gets to me, esp in the second chorus, fuckin killer line. and "if i could put down this old hammer / i'd take you somewhere new". god i'm such a fanboy for this shit
adding to what i mentioned in my NEGLECTED, CRIMINALLY UNDERPOSTED-IN '59 sound poll (the gaslight anthem - the '59 sound POLL) about how incredible the bridges in these songs are (NOW I DRIIIIIIIIIIVE THE 101) and how they add to the songs' shelf lives - they way fallon switches up phrasing or little melodies here and there in choruses makes it really hard for them to get stale, think about the line i quoted above in "casanova, baby!" or the tune to "i always kinda sorta wish i looked like elvis" from "high lonesome" and how they get tweaked in each iteration of the chorus. i mean this obviously nothing that's unique to this band or anything but i just feel like it's done with great care and thought with these dudes.
looks like they either already came through the northeast this go-round or aren't coming :( i'm a pretty laid back dude but for these guys i would totally go crazy and scream the words to every song the whole set. i can't imagine not totally loving them live
― k3vin k., Sunday, 3 October 2010 05:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
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― and why?!? (k3vin k.), Monday, June 8, 2009 6:44 PM (1 year ago)
(the 'good post' was directed at the one you made right above this one but lol
― k3vin k., Sunday, 3 October 2010 05:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
al what do you think about this drummer?
― k3vin k., Sunday, 3 October 2010 14:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
their drummer's pretty good and dependable, nothing to write home about but at the show the other night he got in some sweet fills.
― algernod shiplies (some dude), Sunday, 3 October 2010 15:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
Have you guys heard this AM Taxi band that is such a blatant ripoff of these guys?
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Sunday, 3 October 2010 21:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
no but will check out!
― k3vin k., Sunday, 3 October 2010 22:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
btw no idea if anybody else has heard this or loves it like i do, predicting hatred from obvious quarters, but this fuckin kills me
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 9 October 2010 00:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
i'm real serious about this shit
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 9 October 2010 07:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
:D
― avoyoungdro's number (k3vin k.), Saturday, 9 October 2010 13:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
On Jools Holland show at the moment, they have an FC St Pauli flag hung over their bass drum, so kudos for that. Sadly to me the singer sounds 30 years older than he actually is.
― Neil S, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 21:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
in a good way or
― some droopy HOOS in makeup (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 19 October 2010 21:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
sadly in a good way
― underrated bobos I have honked (some dude), Tuesday, 19 October 2010 21:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
we like our choruses sung togetherlock our arms in our brothers' arms
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 22 July 2011 15:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
call every girl we ever met mariaonly love virginia's heart
― steens furiously (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, 20 August 2011 06:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
Saw this in my updated bookmarks and excitedly thought I had a new end of summer album. :(
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Saturday, 20 August 2011 15:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
sorry :/
any day now, i hope
― steens furiously (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, 20 August 2011 15:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
they're about to put out a new one?
― mark (er) s (k3vin k.), Saturday, 20 August 2011 22:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
hoos i sing that to myself all the time in my own little faux-raspy voice
i'll luuuuuv you forever if i ever love at all
― mark (er) s (k3vin k.), Saturday, 20 August 2011 22:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
otm
― steens furiously (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Sunday, 21 August 2011 00:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
more and more i think 'senor and the queen' is their best single statement
― *steens furiHOOSly* (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 29 August 2011 03:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
'say i won't recognize' in particular could fit on any of their records, plays at their 59 sound 50s tropes while also dropping replacements refs and having the wheedly lead lines and having the fast punk parts of sink or swim and the fat anthem bridge/chorus build of the american slang stuff, 'don't make me dance all night alone' just kills me every time
― *steens furiHOOSly* (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 29 August 2011 03:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
anyone listen to Fallon's Horrible Crowes side project yet?
― some dude, Monday, 10 October 2011 21:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
I just learned there even was a Horrible Crowes side project yesterday. S'OK.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 21:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.spin.com/articles/gaslight-anthem-get-grungy-nashville
According to Fallon, the songs to which the band did get attached sound "huge." "It's really big, like Tom Petty songs played by Pearl Jam or the Foo Fighters," he says proudly. A less sonically obvious Gaslight fave also influenced the upcoming music. After Fallon saw Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell play a solo acoustic concert, he left gobsmacked. In a good way. "I was like, maybe this is going to be awful and it turned out to be mind blowing," he says about going to see Cornell. "I left the show and ran home to write a song because it struck me how Soundgarden wrote about their dads or moms or lives."That subject-matter spur inspired Fallon to write more personal lyrics this time around, as opposed to the familiar Americana-soaked storytelling of albums past. "In the beginning it was hard," he says of the new approach, "because you get in the habit of doing something and you feel like you can put a name here or I can put a little story to throw the people off so they don't know I'm talking about me." Fallon was able to rid himself of this routine when he came to a simple realization. "You only have your stories. You don't have anyone else's."
That subject-matter spur inspired Fallon to write more personal lyrics this time around, as opposed to the familiar Americana-soaked storytelling of albums past. "In the beginning it was hard," he says of the new approach, "because you get in the habit of doing something and you feel like you can put a name here or I can put a little story to throw the people off so they don't know I'm talking about me." Fallon was able to rid himself of this routine when he came to a simple realization. "You only have your stories. You don't have anyone else's."
:/
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 26 April 2012 00:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
gaslight anthem spoke in class today
― Mordy, Thursday, 26 April 2012 01:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
sounds awesome, am much more looking forward to the prospect of this album than i was just assuming it'd be more of the same
― some dude, Thursday, 26 April 2012 01:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
"It's really big, like Tom Petty songs played by Pearl Jam or the Foo Fighters,"
i mean this is just not a description of a record i would buy unless it said 'gaslight anthem' on it
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 26 April 2012 01:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
their 'the river' obv
kind of pissed they skipped nebraska
god, i cannot wait for this
btw after only liking "blue jeans and white t-shirts" from it i've completely fallen for all of that EP, esp "say i won't (recognize)". still can't get into the first album tho
― dharunravir (k3vin k.), Thursday, 26 April 2012 01:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
it took me some time to get into it but i p much like all 3 albums equally now
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 26 April 2012 01:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
1st album is a little rough imo, but yeah that EP is great
― some dude, Thursday, 26 April 2012 01:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
how was that side project btw?
― dharunravir (k3vin k.), Thursday, 26 April 2012 01:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
horrible
― some dude, Thursday, 26 April 2012 01:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
horrible something was the name of it, can't remember. never heard it.
― some dude, Thursday, 26 April 2012 01:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
Some Kind of Horrible
― Poliopolice, Thursday, 26 April 2012 02:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
Given that The '59 Sound sounded like Tom Petty or Springsteen as performed by Green Day, I'd say this is a pretty good sign. The last album went wrong partly because they took the adolescent rock component out of the equation so the whole thing felt a bit chuntering and mid-paced and Mojo-friendly.
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Thursday, 26 April 2012 07:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
a bit chuntering and mid-paced and Mojo-friendly
how i'd characterize pearl jam & latter day foo fighters tbh
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 26 April 2012 07:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
no arguing it was midtempo though
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 26 April 2012 07:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah I'm kind of thinking of Foo Fighters pre-1997 or therabouts really.
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Thursday, 26 April 2012 10:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
matt dc otm
― some dude, Thursday, 26 April 2012 10:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
Side project basically sounds like Gaslight Anthem.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 26 April 2012 13:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
gaslight anthem spoke in class today --Mordy
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 26 April 2012 18:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
Gaslight Anthem = Jeremy
― Poliopolice, Thursday, 26 April 2012 20:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
i just think it's hilarious that HOOS is worried about a band that quoted Counting Crows on one of its best songs being tainted by '90s mersh rock
― ✧✧✧✧✧✧@are.forever (some dude), Thursday, 26 April 2012 20:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
honestly its just that i hate pearl jam tbh
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 26 April 2012 21:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
i had a roommate who owned a shelf's worth of pearl jam bootlegs
and who, on hearing The 'Mats cover of "Black Diamond" coming from my room, said "oh who's covering this pearl jam song"
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 26 April 2012 21:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
Pearl Jam would do a great version of "Black Diamond."
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 26 April 2012 22:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh, of course they did:
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 26 April 2012 22:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
Huh, apparently I even saw them do it once. Way to go, memory.
Last time I saw Gaslight Anthem, they covered Lucero.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 26 April 2012 22:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh man, was it 'the war'? i kinda hated the version i saw on youtube.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 26 April 2012 23:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, it was "The War."
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 26 April 2012 23:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
did you enjoy it or
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 26 April 2012 23:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
To be fair the worst thing about Pearl Jam is the Vedder voice and unless they're getting him to sing on the record I doubt that'll be an issue really.
Also given how much Pearl Jam veers close to mid-period Springsteen anyway I'm surprised this is even something the Gaslight Anthem felt the need to bring up.
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Friday, 27 April 2012 09:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
somehow i totally missed that the band finally gave into the inevitable and signed to a major last year, so this is coming out on Mercury Records -- would kind of like to see them get huge, frankly. Tom Petty it up, fellas!
― ✧✧✧✧✧✧@are.forever (some dude), Friday, 27 April 2012 13:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
nice!
― dharunravir (k3vin k.), Friday, 27 April 2012 13:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/song-exclusive-the-gaslight-anthem-45-20120430
i was sold 30 seconds in before they even got to the harmonies in the chorus
love the vocals mixed a liiiiiittle lower in the mix
i can hear where one might say 'tom petty' with this but my first association is bouncing souls
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 02:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
love it! this is gonna get a lot of play from me this summer
― Mordy, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 02:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
the record's out in mid july! whole thing'll be on my summer playlist, i suspect
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 02:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
sounds dope, "American Slang" was a really uninspiring lead single for a good album imo but this hits the spot
― some dude, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 02:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
you guys are getting me excited
― dharunravir (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 02:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
whoa, this sounds perfect. there's a tone to his voice i haven't heard before from him - there's this emotional urgency that's implicit in all his songs but never really released like this
― dharunravir (k3vin k.), Sunday, 6 May 2012 03:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
I have a hunch what you hear in his voice is him in the hands of a capitol P producer, but hopefully Brendan O'Brien will be pretty sympathetic throughout.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 6 May 2012 04:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
is ted hutt not a capital P producer
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 6 May 2012 05:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
i mean i know brendan o'brien is big shit poppin and all i'm just not sure i understand the distinction
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 6 May 2012 05:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
Well, Hutt has stuck pretty much within the same range - blue collar punk/pop-ish stuff, with the occasional horns in Lucero or I guess the Bosstones (right?). But Brendan O'Brien has produced several huge, arena-filling bands with a much bigger, wider musical range. He seems like a go-to guy when a band wants to make a step up. Hutt seems like the Side One Dummy in-house guy.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 6 May 2012 13:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
anyone have an mp3 of this btw? can't find one right now
― dharunravir (k3vin k.), Sunday, 6 May 2012 14:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh man do i fuck w this song
― frogbs in the trap (J0rdan S.), Monday, 7 May 2012 16:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
NEED MP3 HALP
― dharunravir (k3vin k.), Monday, 7 May 2012 16:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://t.co/hLudePya
― dharunravir (k3vin k.), Monday, 7 May 2012 17:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
tybg
― frogbs in the trap (J0rdan S.), Monday, 7 May 2012 17:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
WHOA. The single's out! I am a sucker for this.
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Monday, 7 May 2012 18:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
this song is ridic
― frogbs in the trap (J0rdan S.), Monday, 7 May 2012 18:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm sayin
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 7 May 2012 18:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
a-aayyyyyyyyyyyyy
― cissymanwhore (k3vin k.), Saturday, 16 June 2012 02:47 (11 months ago) Permalink
this leak?
― lamborghini persie (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 16 June 2012 02:48 (11 months ago) Permalink
i wish. i mean idk, but i just bumped because '45' is dope
― cissymanwhore (k3vin k.), Saturday, 16 June 2012 03:16 (11 months ago) Permalink
THE TICK, TICKING OF HOURS
^best part of song
sounds great on the radio
― bronytheus (some dude), Saturday, 16 June 2012 03:20 (11 months ago) Permalink
i'm invested in this band like i haven't been since like, of montreal's peak /corny
― cissymanwhore (k3vin k.), Saturday, 16 June 2012 03:22 (11 months ago) Permalink
ahem
http://www.npr.org/2012/07/10/156551726/first-listen-the-gaslight-anthem-handwritten#playlist
― Al S. Burr! (k3vin k.), Saturday, 21 July 2012 02:17 (10 months ago) Permalink
oh shit thanks for the heads up
― Mordy, Saturday, 21 July 2012 02:20 (10 months ago) Permalink
attn: sarge, hoos, ships, mords
xp np!
― Al S. Burr! (k3vin k.), Saturday, 21 July 2012 02:21 (10 months ago) Permalink
i'm no devil / but i've got things on my mind
― Mordy, Saturday, 21 July 2012 02:50 (10 months ago) Permalink
Flying out to Boston to interview this lot later today. Anything anyone wants asking?
― Manfred Mann meets Man Parrish (ithappens), Saturday, 21 July 2012 09:27 (10 months ago) Permalink
"What does Brian Fallon's wife think about the fact that there is always a vicious female antagonist in each of his songs?"
Cheers.
― sam b, Saturday, 21 July 2012 12:55 (10 months ago) Permalink
"What does Brian Fallon's wife think about the fact that there is always a vicious female antagonist in each of his songs?"Cheers. --sam b
Cheers. --sam b
He's said before that he "almost got married" at a really young age and I've sorta taken that figure as "the wife of my youth," character that causes so much heart trouble in song, but yeah that dynamic has to be interesting.
Saw them last night btw. Mix of stuff from Sink Or Swim on up to a couple off handwritten. Great show.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 21 July 2012 14:12 (10 months ago) Permalink
listening to Gaslight Anthem and after one song ended before the next started my son went "more!" like he does when he wants another episode of Sesame Street
― nakhchi little van (some dude), Saturday, 21 July 2012 20:57 (10 months ago) Permalink
haha aw
have to say apart from a few highlights this isn't really knocking my socks off - i was hoping '45' hinted at a return to some of the raucous uptempo stuff from the 59 sound, but most of this is in the vein of the more midtempo joints off american slang, which initially underwhelmed (but which i eventually came around to)
― Al S. Burr! (k3vin k.), Saturday, 21 July 2012 22:18 (10 months ago) Permalink
if there was any change between the avg tempos or energy level from 59 Sound to American Slang i didn't notice it tbh -- looking forward to the new one
― nakhchi little van (some dude), Saturday, 21 July 2012 22:21 (10 months ago) Permalink
I am anticipating this album
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Saturday, 21 July 2012 23:59 (10 months ago) Permalink
I will ask about vicious female antagonists.
― Manfred Mann meets Man Parrish (ithappens), Sunday, 22 July 2012 12:28 (9 months ago) Permalink
Both of the last two were great. '59 Sound's highs were a little higher for me than American Slang's. Splitting hairs though.
― musicfanatic, Sunday, 22 July 2012 13:17 (9 months ago) Permalink
xpost Good question, said Fallon. He's put it to her before. She doesn't mind, apparently.
― Manfred Mann meets Man Parrish (ithappens), Sunday, 22 July 2012 21:20 (9 months ago) Permalink
Ha! Awesome.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Sunday, 22 July 2012 23:09 (9 months ago) Permalink
I got really excited after the first two songs but after that this is another boring album. Too much stodgy midpaced chunter and they're just not very good at it.
― Matt DC, Monday, 23 July 2012 17:23 (9 months ago) Permalink
The cover of Sliver is completely redundant when Nirvana's exists, not that they try to do anything different to it.
― Matt DC, Monday, 23 July 2012 17:24 (9 months ago) Permalink
This album sounds like ... the Gaslight Anthem. But it's less ambitious than the last one, musically, and at times almost comes off lazy in its pat chord progressions and lyrical themes/crutches.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 23 July 2012 17:57 (9 months ago) Permalink
xpost Matt - I interviewed the Vaccines the other day and put to them your contention, after their second single, that you preferred their early stuff. They thought that was uproarious. Yes, I take all my questions from ILX posts.
― Manfred Mann meets Man Parrish (ithappens), Monday, 23 July 2012 19:32 (9 months ago) Permalink
this is sort of where i figured they'd be musically by now
sorta their "stay positive," last hurrah of their established style and themes before they need to evolve or stagnate
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 17:23 (9 months ago) Permalink
they did howl at the show friday night and people lost their minds at it
'national anthem' is almost like 'devils n dust'-y bruce, kick in the chest even if "she screams i promised her more than this" is a hair over the line
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 17:29 (9 months ago) Permalink
i really like the production here, putting the vocals a little deeper in
makes them sound more idk
polished
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 17:32 (9 months ago) Permalink
sorta their "stay positive,"
i had this exact thought
― Al S. Burr! (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 17:58 (9 months ago) Permalink
ew don't bring up that band
― nakhchi little van (some dude), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 18:01 (9 months ago) Permalink
haha i'm still waiting on your "this is why gaslight is better" essay
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 21:42 (9 months ago) Permalink
"keepsake" almost makes me think of nickelback, the atmospheric elements of their stuff that isn't as awful as their actual songs
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 22:07 (9 months ago) Permalink
yeah, shit, this record is gonna grow on me a lot.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 22:08 (9 months ago) Permalink
I wish I liked these guys more. I respect what they are doing but it doesn't move me.
― PITILESS LIVE SHOW (DJP), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 22:16 (9 months ago) Permalink
last hurrah of their established style and themes before they need to evolve or stagnate
See, I hear the first glimmers of stagnation, and in fact I even hear a little bit of retrenchment after the likes of "The Diamond Church Street Choir" and "The Queen of Lower Chelsea," but I do have to give the new album more time. For the first time ever, I'm not sure it was a good decision to bury the vocals a bit.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 23:19 (9 months ago) Permalink
djp otm
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 23:20 (9 months ago) Permalink
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, July 24, 2012 5:42 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark
rock music with singing > rock music with monologues
― nakhchi little van (some dude), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 00:54 (9 months ago) Permalink
well done
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 01:42 (9 months ago) Permalink
― PITILESS LIVE SHOW (DJP), Tuesday, July 24, 2012 6:16 PM (5 hours ago)
this is weird to me because to me they're kind of conventional & therefore to me a "greater than the sum of their parts" band - i'd expect non-fans to not really get the big deal
― Al S. Burr! (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 03:37 (9 months ago) Permalink
i'm confused about what's going on in 'here comes my man'
― Mordy, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 03:44 (9 months ago) Permalink
tons of great lines on this thing. i remember on the last album that every time i listened to a song there was a new line that i noticed. on "handwritten": "and to ease the loss of youth"
― Mordy, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 03:48 (9 months ago) Permalink
his man is coming
― Al S. Burr! (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 03:48 (9 months ago) Permalink
the coda to "handwritten" is why i love this band
one problem i'm having is that a lot of the themes are less interesting to me than on the last album. unrelated, "handwritten" kinda gives me a "the river" vibe (tho much more hopeful in conclusion than the river), and it turns out i still really like emo-boss.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 03:49 (9 months ago) Permalink
Here Comes My Man is written from the perspective of A Lady, apparently. It is not a harbinger of a heroin habit.
Themes on this album: he's given up pretending to write as the everyman, he says, because he knows he is no longer the everyman.
― Manfred Mann meets Man Parrish (ithappens), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 11:03 (9 months ago) Permalink
Not unlike on The River
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 17:56 (9 months ago) Permalink
That's not a theme of The River at all! Tunnel of Love, maybe.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 18:08 (9 months ago) Permalink
"blue dahlia" (from the bonus traxx) sounds like it could have been on the "senor and the queen" EP - the chorus kind of clashes in a weird way with the verses but other than that it's a welcome return
― Al S. Burr! (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 21:20 (9 months ago) Permalink
Looking forward to listening to this this weekend when I have some free time. You guys have lowered my expectations which is a good thing.
― musicfanatic, Thursday, 26 July 2012 01:52 (9 months ago) Permalink
Matt - I interviewed the Vaccines the other day and put to them your contention, after their second single, that you preferred their early stuff. They thought that was uproarious. Yes, I take all my questions from ILX posts.
Hah, I don't really remember saying that in the first place but good stuff.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 26 July 2012 09:27 (9 months ago) Permalink
http://www.spin.com/reviews/gaslight-anthem-handwritten-mercury
worst new music? a little harsh
― Mordy, Friday, 27 July 2012 01:32 (9 months ago) Permalink
smh, terrible
thought this reviewer at least tried to think a little http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16856-handwritten/
― Al S. Burr! (k3vin k.), Friday, 27 July 2012 01:42 (9 months ago) Permalink
― camp lo magellan (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 27 July 2012 02:20 (9 months ago) Permalink
hahahah
― mookieproof, Friday, 27 July 2012 03:20 (9 months ago) Permalink
yeah sorry whines i prefer reviews that actually engage with the material and approach it with something resembling respect - that dude obviously saw the opportunity to get in some lazy zings and good for him if it's getting him spin paid but it's shitty writing
― Al S. Burr! (k3vin k.), Friday, 27 July 2012 05:42 (9 months ago) Permalink
i haven't heard this album and i didn't have much of a problem w/ it but yeah it was obv more of a leveling of the band than the specific album
― J0rdan S., Friday, 27 July 2012 05:44 (9 months ago) Permalink
Yeah, I get the impression those last two reviewers were pretty set on panning it before they even heard it, based on the zings; which to be fair, if I was reviewing records on a consistent basis, I'd probably run across a few albums every year that I'd end up reviewing, knowing beforehand that it's not my thing, and writing a review signifying such.
― musicfanatic, Saturday, 28 July 2012 12:39 (9 months ago) Permalink
tbh a band that stays so unfalteringly true to its formula from album to album kinda invites pre-written pans
― Nutri Grane (some dude), Saturday, 28 July 2012 12:48 (9 months ago) Permalink
Don't recall any pans of the last two, but I know the Horrible Crowes album rubbed some people the wrong way. And then comes an album that if anything upped the earnestness, which seems hard to do. Fork review otm in that it would be nice to hear a glimmer of humor in this endeavor.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 28 July 2012 13:48 (9 months ago) Permalink
I agree this band is becoming a bit formulaic, but I don't hear much of a qualitative difference among the three albums. Did this band ever have a sense of humor? I don't remember chuckling at any of their previous songs. Either way, that's not something that I care about at all (big Radiohead stan here).
― musicfanatic, Sunday, 29 July 2012 00:06 (9 months ago) Permalink
i agree that the last 3 albums really very nearly equal -- i was just saying being consistent, while it can be enjoyable, can set a band up to get some pretty paint-by-numbers reviews
― Nutri Grane (some dude), Sunday, 29 July 2012 04:11 (9 months ago) Permalink
Finally bought this. I didn't love American Slang at first either, but this is seriously growing on me.
― Tantrum The Cat, Sunday, 29 July 2012 11:29 (9 months ago) Permalink
('59 Sound is easily my fave rock album of the last five years, btw.)
― Tantrum The Cat, Sunday, 29 July 2012 11:30 (9 months ago) Permalink
but this is seriously growing on me
^ this
― Mordy, Sunday, 29 July 2012 15:03 (9 months ago) Permalink
I would more or less describe all three albums the same way, but I think the quality of the songs on "59 Sound" and "American Slang" are superior. I haven't made it through a listen of the new one yet that didn't make me wish I was listening to one of the other ones instead. Does not make the new one bad, per se, but I definitely think it inferior, and not just because it is more of the same.
Don't think the idea is that the band was ever funny, just that a glimmer of humor or wit could be a nice way to shake things up without really changing much, sonically. On its face Gaslight Anthem does not seem any more conservative than, say, Lucero, but Lucero seems a little less beholden to a specific template. But it's not like I'm writing off Gaslight Anthem at all. I'm curious to hear if the group ever grows beyond the sum of its (wonderful, exciting, anthemic, etc.) cliches.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 29 July 2012 15:28 (9 months ago) Permalink
Right, I feel like where Lucero asks the girl to dance cause they're downtown and drunk and it's Friday, Gaslight asks the girl to dance ~for redemption~. that's part of what I like about them, but 4 records without much of a wink gets kinda staid.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 29 July 2012 17:21 (9 months ago) Permalink
"here comes my man" is becoming my favorite on this. i think taking a different voice - something, as we alluded to upthread, that fallon does infrequently - really opens him up on this song. lines like "and i'll never let you drop another tear in my eye" and "don't you think i knew about all your pretty girlfriends" affect partly because of just how unusual they are.
― ticagrelor rotini (k3vin k.), Saturday, 11 August 2012 04:15 (9 months ago) Permalink
― ticagrelor rotini (k3vin k.), Saturday, 11 August 2012 04:18 (9 months ago) Permalink
seeing these guys in philly in november @ electric factory. pretty excited actually - especially if they play older stuff and not just new material
― Mordy, Sunday, 14 October 2012 22:50 (7 months ago) Permalink
when i saw them a lil while ago they played stuff from all four records, it was p rad
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 15 October 2012 00:57 (7 months ago) Permalink
yeah i think one benefit of them having figured out their sound from the get-go is that they seem to mix the old and the new pretty seamlessly. plus i think they know no matter how big they get The 59 Sound is gonna be the record that they need to give people a certain amount of songs from every night.
― flaming goon pie included (some dude), Monday, 15 October 2012 01:07 (7 months ago) Permalink
show was excellent!
― Mordy, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 14:31 (5 months ago) Permalink
i noticed that a lot of their lyrics include some variation of the words "sad songs"
― Mordy, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 14:32 (5 months ago) Permalink
i was also sad bc no "lucky" or "american slang." lots of other great songs tho including 'blood bank' and 'just like heaven' covers. 'too much blood' and 'handwritten' were huge too -> over capacity electric factory crowd, philly seems to be huge gaslight anthem fans
― Mordy, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 14:35 (5 months ago) Permalink
oh yeah, and astro zombies cover!
i was sort of shocked at how many frat types appeared at their last show
have they always been a fratty band and i just didn't notice with my headphones at home
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 29 November 2012 05:24 (5 months ago) Permalink
i had tickets to monday night in boston but couldn't go :(
― liljon /bia/ bia (k3vin k.), Thursday, 29 November 2012 05:26 (5 months ago) Permalink
'handwritten' would probably be epic live
rly
― mookieproof, Thursday, 29 November 2012 06:17 (5 months ago) Permalink
DEFINITELY a fratty band.
just not my thing, I guess. i'm not big on the Americana sound
― everythingsgross, Thursday, 29 November 2012 07:55 (5 months ago) Permalink
i mean on thought their presence made a lot of sense and i'm not really sure what sort of crowd i expected--*a room full of haunted-eye moleskine clutchers* or whatever--but it struck me as incongruous somehow
can't really finger why
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 30 November 2012 04:53 (5 months ago) Permalink
"45" crossed over to hard rock radio a little bit, they are on a major label now, etc. the whole reason indie's been running from anthemic guitar bands the last x years is "man i didn't know there were gonna be baseball caps at this show"
― trinidad jokes (some dude), Friday, 30 November 2012 12:11 (5 months ago) Permalink
i think maybe it's bcz the bruce influence codes as 'blue collar' to me--though obv that's a whole thing to unpack as like obv not every dad fist pumping at the staples center to darkness on the edge of town is a dust farmer by day--and hollister definitely does not code as blue collar to me
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 1 December 2012 03:20 (5 months ago) Permalink
shit collar
― buzza, Saturday, 1 December 2012 03:28 (5 months ago) Permalink
sure
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 1 December 2012 03:35 (5 months ago) Permalink