The Gaslight Anthem

The Gaslight Anthem

Biography

New Jersey has an air about it, sometimes I think it lives in the concrete like blood through its own veins. If you're from here, you never lose it, if you're not you recognize it from a mile away. The Gaslight Anthem, hailing from New Brunswick, NJ, are no exception. Their lyrics are riddled with Jersey references, it's almost like there's a deal you have to make here ... It'll let you out, if you promise to give her a line or two. But more so than the "Jerseyisms", The Gaslight Anthem are carrying on for a bigger, less localized movement. It's a punk rock tradition of no frills, good times, wearing it on your sleeve, staying hungry, and playing every show like it was your last. The Gaslight Anthem's mixture of punk rock sing-along’s, folk story telling, and a unique soulfulness underneath it all has been bursting out of its own seams since their inception in the winter of 2005.
With lyrics focused on hard luck, hope, the labours of love, and the ragged invitations of "jukebox romeos" as conveyed by singer/guitarist Brian Fallon's gruff baritone. It's not hard for people to relate to the mis-adventures of the common man. The Gaslight Anthem are steadfast on retaining their relate ability to everyone.
The future road is long for The Gaslight Anthem but these boys are hungry, in fact they're "just about starving tonight," to quote another New Jersey native.
Look out for the endless touring with such bands as: Rise Against, Alkaline Trio, Thrice and American Steel and the debut full length SINK OR SWIM out now XOXO Records.
No frills, punk, soul, and the good times. Over and out.

 

 

Recent Reviews

07/01/2008

Boston Globe article

Springsteen couldn't have written it any better. It was around 1990 and his name was Brian Fallon, a 10-year-old kid growing up in New Jersey whose parents were trying to...

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10/08/2008

The Gaslight Anthem - No Future - December 2007

Gaslight Anthem Sink or Swim By Ben Conoley New bands take note: New Jersey’s Gaslight Anthem have reset the bar on what people can expect from a debut effort. Sink or Swim is...

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10/15/2008

The Gaslight Anthem - Sink Or Swim (or) three thousand steps and glory bound - May 10 2007

The Gaslight Anthem is a band from New Jersey and their new album is called Sink Or Swim. Open it up and you’ll find raw and ragged punk rock with...

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