Handwritten - the 2012 new album thread

right, just found it. i hope previews come out at some point!

i guess teenage rebellion is an extra special itunes song. hope it ain't shitty!

I have a feeling this album is going to have me sobbing hysterically by the time I get through it the first time. Just sayin'.

StitchesOnTheRadio wrote:

I have a feeling this album is going to have me sobbing hysterically by the time I get through it the first time. Just sayin'.

this is why i love this board. my thoughts exactly!!!

chanter wrote:

http://alternativemusichub.com/the-gaslight-anthem-handwritten/

10/10

Wow. I could not be more excited after reading that review. This is the gonna be the longest month of my life!

This album si starting to sound like everything I ever wanted from a GA record... deep, personal and ambitious. Yet I dont feel excited haha.

What's with this new track Teenage Rebellion and how come it only appears on the US iTunes and not the UK one? Does anyone know if this is an original song or a cover?

Definitely just had a dream where I heard the first few songs. WTF. All I remember is more clean and jangly guitar. No clue. Mind was blown though.

JJW319 wrote:

Definitely just had a dream where I heard the first few songs. WTF. All I remember is more clean and jangly guitar. No clue. Mind was blown though.

Haha yeah I'm pretty sure I had a similar one. Can't remember a thing about how they sounded. Just remember thinking 'WOW'!

Is there anywhere on the internet for the U.S. to preorder a signed copy of Handwritten?

I just noticed, Brian wore a t-shirt on the asbury park show with a design from El Jefe just posted two weeks back.

HorribleCrowe wrote:

I just noticed, Brian wore a t-shirt on the asbury park show with a design from El Jefe just posted two weeks back.

are you talking about the December show with this shirt?

At the HOB show last weekend, they played a fairly long intro at one point that sounds a lot like how "Howl" is described here.

It was Brian and Alex wailing on their guitars, with Brian singing an "ay-ay-ay" kind of chorus. No explanation was given, it just went on for a bit and then they plunged into the next song. Honestly, I can't remember which song they went to.

I wonder if that was it, or at least a taste of it?

njguy99 wrote:

At the HOB show last weekend, they played a fairly long intro at one point that sounds a lot like how "Howl" is described here.

It was Brian and Alex wailing on their guitars, with Brian singing an "ay-ay-ay" kind of chorus. No explanation was given, it just went on for a bit and then they plunged into the next song. Honestly, I can't remember which song they went to.

I wonder if that was it, or at least a taste of it?

I have a feeling you might be referring to the intro that they have been putting in front of Wooderson for a while, as a bridge between Wherefore Art Thou Elvis and Wooderson. In that case nah it's not from Howl it's something they've been doing for a while

eagles1139 wrote:

I have a feeling you might be referring to the intro that they have been putting in front of Wooderson for a while, as a bridge between Wherefore Art Thou Elvis and Wooderson. In that case nah it's not from Howl it's something they've been doing for a while

Might be right. The fact I can't remember what songs it came up between makes me wary of my own memory!

When Gaslight does that interlude thing, it reminds me of this a little:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjTIILlO9Is

I like Gaslight's better though :p

NicholasHorror wrote:

When Gaslight does that interlude thing, it reminds me of this a little:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjTIILlO9Is

I like Gaslight's better though :p

That is just awesome and beautiful! Bon Iver is so talented. But yeah, that is quite similar.

Brian wouldn't wear one of my designs. That is just tacky. Only I wear one of my designs....

National Anthem is trending on Twitter

Christophe wrote:

So it seems we have heard little bits of information on most of the songs and obviously (some of us) have heard 45, Biloxi Parish and Here Comes My Man all the way through. I think all the other songs have been talked about here and there, yet I don't think the band has mentioned anything about the song called Desire? I'm also really intrigued to hear what the bonus track Blue Dahlia will sound like. Has anyone heard anything about these two songs?

Blue Dahlia is an old black and white Film Noir so Im guessing when Brian was watching Mulholland Drive he also watched a few other older film noirs and got inspired.

steph wrote:

National Anthem is trending on Twitter

gaslight are my back ground and I keep seeing them and thinking gaslight then seeing national anthem and putting the words together thinking gaslight anthem are trending, driving me crazy!

Damn Lana Del Ray!

Been going through a couple of threads pages to try to find it, but haven't yet so sorry if it was asked already.

Anyone know if the deluxe edition will be available in stores as well, or am I going to have to buy it through iTunes if I want those songs?