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 (eleven years ago) link
this leak?
― lamborghini persie (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 16 June 2012 02:48 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven years ago) link
oh shit thanks for the heads up
― Mordy, Saturday, 21 July 2012 02:20 (eleven years ago) link
attn: sarge, hoos, ships, mords
xp np!
― Al S. Burr! (k3vin k.), Saturday, 21 July 2012 02:21 (eleven years ago) link
i'm no devil / but i've got things on my mind
― Mordy, Saturday, 21 July 2012 02:50 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven years ago) link
I am anticipating this album
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Saturday, 21 July 2012 23:59 (eleven years ago) link
I will ask about vicious female antagonists.
― Manfred Mann meets Man Parrish (ithappens), Sunday, 22 July 2012 12:28 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven years ago) link
Ha! Awesome.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Sunday, 22 July 2012 23:09 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven years ago) link
sorta their "stay positive,"
i had this exact thought
― Al S. Burr! (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 17:58 (eleven years ago) link
ew don't bring up that band
― nakhchi little van (some dude), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 18:01 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
"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 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, shit, this record is gonna grow on me a lot.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 22:08 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
djp otm
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 23:20 (eleven years ago) link
― 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 (eleven years ago) link
well done
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 01:42 (eleven years ago) link
― 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 (eleven years ago) link
i'm confused about what's going on in 'here comes my man'
― Mordy, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 03:44 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
his man is coming
― Al S. Burr! (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 03:48 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link