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 (twelve years ago) link
nice!
― dharunravir (k3vin k.), Friday, 27 April 2012 13:21 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
love it! this is gonna get a lot of play from me this summer
― Mordy, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 02:20 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
you guys are getting me excited
― dharunravir (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 02:36 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
is ted hutt not a capital P producer
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 6 May 2012 05:15 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
anyone have an mp3 of this btw? can't find one right now
― dharunravir (k3vin k.), Sunday, 6 May 2012 14:31 (twelve years ago) link
oh man do i fuck w this song
― frogbs in the trap (J0rdan S.), Monday, 7 May 2012 16:49 (twelve years ago) link
NEED MP3 HALP
― dharunravir (k3vin k.), Monday, 7 May 2012 16:52 (twelve years ago) link
http://t.co/hLudePya
― dharunravir (k3vin k.), Monday, 7 May 2012 17:03 (twelve years ago) link
tybg
― frogbs in the trap (J0rdan S.), Monday, 7 May 2012 17:21 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
this song is ridic
― frogbs in the trap (J0rdan S.), Monday, 7 May 2012 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
I'm sayin
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 7 May 2012 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
a-aayyyyyyyyyyyyy
― cissymanwhore (k3vin k.), Saturday, 16 June 2012 02:47 (twelve years ago) link
this leak?
― lamborghini persie (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 16 June 2012 02:48 (twelve years ago) link
i wish. i mean idk, but i just bumped because '45' is dope
― cissymanwhore (k3vin k.), Saturday, 16 June 2012 03:16 (twelve years ago) link
THE TICK, TICKING OF HOURS
^best part of song
sounds great on the radio
― bronytheus (some dude), Saturday, 16 June 2012 03:20 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
oh shit thanks for the heads up
― Mordy, Saturday, 21 July 2012 02:20 (twelve years ago) link
attn: sarge, hoos, ships, mords
xp np!
― Al S. Burr! (k3vin k.), Saturday, 21 July 2012 02:21 (twelve years ago) link
i'm no devil / but i've got things on my mind
― Mordy, Saturday, 21 July 2012 02:50 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
"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 (twelve years ago) link
"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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
I am anticipating this album
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Saturday, 21 July 2012 23:59 (twelve years ago) link
I will ask about vicious female antagonists.
― Manfred Mann meets Man Parrish (ithappens), Sunday, 22 July 2012 12:28 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
Ha! Awesome.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Sunday, 22 July 2012 23:09 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
sorta their "stay positive,"
i had this exact thought
― Al S. Burr! (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 17:58 (twelve years ago) link