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The band's debut album Sink or Swim did not rank on any major music charts, and no singles were garnered. In February 2008 the Gaslight Anthem released the Señor and the Queen EP. The '59 Sound , the band's second album and first for SideOneDummy , was released in August 2008 and debuted at number seventy on the US Billboard 200 and fifty-five ...
The Gaslight Anthem toured the UK and Europe at the end of 2010 with support from Chuck Ragan and Sharks. [22] They performed two songs from American Slang on Episode 6, Series 37 of Later... with Jools Holland, originally broadcast in the UK on October 22, 2010. [23] The Gaslight Anthem at Trädgår'n in Göteborg, Sweden, April 6, 2013.
The song's themes mix punk rock with classic rock. [7] The song is an elegy for a friend who died in a car accident, while the band was elsewhere performing a gig. [8] The singer, Brian Fallon, asks his deceased friend: "Did you hear the '59 Sound coming through on Grandmama's radio?", referring to late 1950s music that they listened to while growing up. [6]
The '59 Sound is the second studio album by American punk rock band the Gaslight Anthem, released on August 19, 2008, by record label SideOneDummy. In December 2008, eMusic named The '59 Sound the best album of 2008. [3] NME rated it as the 47th best album of the year. [4] The title track was number 62 on Rolling Stone ' s list of the 100 Best ...
After returning to the road last year following what was essentially a four-year hiatus, the Gaslight Anthem has today (April 28) released “Positive Charge,” its first new single since 2014.
[25] In a three out of five star rating, Jess Denham of The Independent calls it "solid, genuinely inspired songwriting that The Gaslight Anthem fans will enjoy." [ 20 ] Adam Feibel of Exclaim! rated the album eight out of ten and writes, "Fallon's songwriting is warm and varied, and there's more soul and character in his voice than ever before."
Last year, the Gaslight Anthem returned after a lengthy hiatus and has toured extensively ever since. The New Jersey-based rock outfit also promised new music would arrive, and on the heels of the ...
For years, a common critique of the beloved New Jersey rock band The Gaslight Anthem was to label them “Bruce Springsteen” copycats. “History Books,” the title track from the band's first ...