The Gaslight Anthem-Handwritten

[Blitz]

Amazing. Just amazing. Listen to it.

[RP]

I'm about to crank it up again. I love Keepsake and Mae. I really love Mae.

[Blitz]

I wish Howl was 10 minutes long.

[RP]

How is the best album of 2012 not being talked about?

[Blitz]

There's a bonus track on the deluxe edition called Blue Dahlia, and it's better than anything else on the album. And it's just a goddamned bonus track.

[RP]

Mae is probably my favorite Gaslight song ever. Love that song so much.

[RP]

I want to see you tonight
Would you come for a drive
You can lean into me
If you ain't been in love in a while
:heart:

[El Capitano Gatisto]

I've got it now. I thought American Slang was a bit boring if I'm honest, moreso after I saw them live a couple of times and none of the tunes stood up to anything from The '59 Sound. So hopefully this is a nice return to form. Early listens suggest the vocalist has toned up the Springsteen style which is only ever a good thing in my opinion.

[St. Jimmy]

How is the best album of 2012 not being talked about?

The Menzingers - On the Impossible Past is the best album of 2012. HANDS DOWN.

[Blitz]

I've got it now. I thought American Slang was a bit boring if I'm honest, moreso after I saw them live a couple of times and none of the tunes stood up to anything from The '59 Sound. So hopefully this is a nice return to form. Early listens suggest the vocalist has toned up the Springsteen style which is only ever a good thing in my opinion.
I think Brian Fallon might be the best singer in rock right now. He's got surprising range and can just howl when it's called for. Love it.

[Lock Jaw]

Anyone catch the live stream of their show last week?

[Blitz]

Didn't know there was one. Fuck.

I read the setlist for the Webster Hall show they did Tuesday.


Mae
The '59 Sound
45
Old White Lincoln
Howl
Casanova, Baby!
Handwritten
I'da Called You Woody, Joe
Angry Johnny and the Radio
(with "Crash Into Me" snippet … more)
Here Comes My Man
Film Noir
Mulholland Drive
The Diamond Church Street Choir
Keepsake
The Navesink Banks
Here's Looking at You, Kid
Too Much Blood

Encore:
Songs for Teenagers
(Fake Problems cover)
Great Expectations
Señor and the Queen
The Patient Ferris Wheel
Wherefore Art Thou, Elvis?
Wooderson
Blue Jeans & White T-Shirts
American Slang
The Backseat


Fuck, how I wish I could've seen that show.

[RoXer]

Biloxi Parish has a Stone Temple Pilots vibe to it

[Extreme Angle]

In love with this album! The Nirvana cover is pretty sweet.
Got tickets to go see 2 of their shows when they come here, and possibly going to a festival that their playing too. I hear their doing a secret set at the festival, which means they'll play mainly rarities and hopefully Brian'll do some Horrible Crowes.

[Gertner]

Hipster douchbag shit

[Blitz]

Gonna get some of the lyrics to Handwritten tattooed.

[El Capitano Gatisto]

Don't do that. When you're 40 years old you'll have to explain that to someone.

I don't think this album is very good, sorry guys. Not very interesting.

[Triple Naitch]

I liked 59 Sound and American Slang better. It's still good though.

[RP]

I liked 59 Sound and American Slang better. It's still good though.

59 sound was a classic. American Slang doesn't even come close to this album.

[CSL]

love some of the songs, not as good overall as The '59 Sound. Prefer it to American Slang tho.

[CSL]

stop making my posts before I make them plz

[RP]

That happened

[Extreme Angle]

What they said.

[RoXer]

My Order is:

Sink or Swim
59 Sound
Handwritten
American Slang

[Kane Knight]

Not what I expected. Solid record.

[Kane Knight]

Gonna get some of the lyrics to Handwritten tattooed.

Waht happens when you've moved on to the next "best album of 2012?"

[Blitz]

I'll just get them crossed out and get some from the next album!

[MVP]

Liking this album more with each listen.

[Extreme Angle]

Blue Dahlia rocks my socks off

[Fignuts]

Downloading this to see what the hubbub is about.