but them old records won’t be savin’ your soul;
So, American Slang by The Gaslight Anthem is out tomorrow.
I’ve just written a proper review for Is This Music?, which obviously it wouldn’t be fair to repost even before it’s up, but here is a quick breakdown of what I think of the album so far:
rhetoric rhetoric rhetoric
HYPERBOLE HYPERBOLE HYPERBOLE
IF IT’S BETTER THAN MY LOOOOOOVE, OH BABY BRING IT ON
I bin crazy for so long without ya
GOT YOUR PRIDE AND YOUR PROSE, TUCKED JUST LIKE A TOMMY GUN
oh cherry bomb your love is surgery
…and not another soul could love you like my rotten bones do…
You could say I kinda like it – in fact, every little song on it. Not everybody will, but I don’t care and I am positively sick with excitement (but not as sick as last night’s gin made me this morning) to see them again during what I am affectionately nicknaming TWO BANDS – TWO CITIES – TWO MEGABUSES – TWO DAYS – TWO (thousand and) TEN. It’s going to be the best kind of death.
Here is a RIDICULOUSLY AWESOME video of the band playing “The ’59 Sound” at last year’s Hyde Park Calling with a certain other musical artist from New Jersey.
LISTEN: to two tracks from the album at Myspace
BUY: American Slang
Oh, and if that wasn’t enough for you – Mitchell Museum’s new single “Warning Bells” is also out! To celebrate, the band have made six free remixes available here.
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Squeee – that video captures one of my favourite moments of 2009
I haven’t listened to the new album in full yet but I love what I have heard ( more than the new Hold Steady, which I like, but wish I loved)
Xxx
Absolutely gutted I won’t be seeing GA when they roll across the UK this month – already booked a trip to Belfast for Pearl Jam the night they’re in Glasgow, and can’t afford (money or time) to travel elsewhere.
Still, PJ will be awesome, Jesse Malin @ Kings Tuts is only a week later, and I’m sure GA will be back soon, right? Right?
Of course the irony is that I only came across GA because they covered State of Love and Trust as a b-side…
Haha! I’ve only just heard that cover – they played it on Jimmy Fallon a few nights ago x