The Gaslight Anthem - History Books (October 27th 2023) Album • Page 39

Easily their best album since Handwritten. Reminds me a lot of The Killers' Pressure Machine, actually.

 

Shame it’s going to be 70 degrees here today because this feels like the perfect record for me to put on and walk amongst the changing leaves while it drizzles.

 

I take it you live in Chicago too. Don’t worry it’s gonna get cold tomorrow

 

I am like many of us are and yet I’ve never met a single one of you lol

I’m looking forward to it being cold tomorrow. Driving up to Milwaukee for The 1975; there’s nothing I love more than rolling the windows down on the drive home to stay awake, especially when it’s cold.

 

such a tender, gorgeous album from one of our best rock and roll bands. i’m thrilled

 

My wife and I are driving to the far northwest suburbs tomorrow and will be doing the exact same thing and listening to this. Cheers

 

wonder if a certain someone may make an appearance (or two) this weekend to sing their part on a certain title track they happen to be featured on

 

RIP murph

 

brian going full vedder on the verses of little fires

 

He means Burce Springsteen

 

That'd be awesome however he cancelled the rest of the E Street tour because of the peptic ulcer so who knows if he'd be fit enough.

 

i knowwwwwwwww i knowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

 

hope is a dangerous little thing

 

Maybe he’ll come to shake a few hands

 

Remarkable to think about the albums that have come out since that one haha

 

i don’t

 

when the first two chords hit of the riff to i live in the room above her, i think of NIB by black sabbath every time

 

Empires is the one on first listen

 

Good insight into a lot of the songs here: The Gaslight Anthem: “We’re happy. Whatever happens, it’s… | Kerrang!


I knew I was getting a gothic horror vibe from I Live in the Room Above Her and yeah Brian certainly confirms that was the intention lol

 

I first came across the Gaslight Anthem on this site in 2012, back when it was AbsolutePunk. It was the promo article for '45' that drew me in. It was a school night. I shrugged and thought, why not, I'll give it a go. Soon Handwritten became the soundtrack to my final year of high school. In Australia you turn 18, finish high school, get your drivers licence and can legally drink all in the same year. So it's a big year. '59 Sound, Slang, SOS and Senor all came later, but for me, for a long time, Handwritten was everything.

I remember hearing '45' on the radio in a remote mountain town in country Victoria, thinking "shit, they've made it now".

I remember waiting at the train station for my best mate to meet me. It was 2013. We were heading into town to see the Gaslight Anthem at the Palace Theatre, Melbourne - a venue that no longer exists.

I remember jamming in a garage with the same mate. "How about this" he says, guitar slung over his shoulder. It's 'Keepsake'. "Yeah, that's a good one".

I remember listening to 'National Anthem' with a girl I used to know. Now she just screams how I promised her more than this...

I'm sitting in my study with a gin and soda, listening to History Books for the first time. It's late. I'm 29 now, my best mate has moved away. He's married with two kids. I hope I'll see him soon, so we can listen to this band together again, like we did when we were young.

The Gaslight Anthem are special, from Jersey to Melbourne. This record is good.

 

Weatherman, man.

 

This rules. I keep wanting to call out specific stretches on the album as being great, but it’s excellent beginning to end. Autumn is very easily my favorite so far. Love that song.

 

I’ve missed Rosamilia’s guitar playing so much. Dude is so good

 

Spider Bites is amazing.

 

Brian Fallon: “I wanted to make sure I could write songs… | Kerrang!


"So, in Brian’s own words, he decided to “use the bat phone” for the first time ever: wanting to make sure that he was absolutely making the right move, he decided to seek the advice of one of his long-time heroes, Bruce Springsteen.

“I texted him saying, ‘I need to talk to you, and it’s about the band,’” he says. “And he’s like, ‘I’m free on Thursday.’ And I didn’t realise that the Thursday that he met me was on his birthday. He went out of his way to meet me for pizza on his birthday (laughs). And I had a legit talk with him about, ‘Where do I begin? How do I do this? Here are the problems…’ and he just laid it out for me. He understood that he has knowledge and experience, and it’s invaluable. What’s good is that somebody like that would take the time to share with me some advice that I truly believe probably helped the band get back together.”

After his pizza with The Boss, Brian challenged himself to write four brand-new Gaslight songs. If they were up to scratch, he’d call drummer Benny Horowitz and tell him what Bruce had said. Two weeks later, pretty much everything was in motion…"


thank you, boss.