Alex R interview with Loud and Live

I got to meet Alex Rosamilia of The Gaslight Anthem prior to their show at The Bell Center last week to talk about their newest album Handwritten, and the new changes that they made before recording, among other things!!




Erin: Well, first of all, congratulations on the release of your newest album, Handwritten. How do you think that’s been received by your fans?

Alex: Um, well. Very well, I think. Uh yeah. We debuted top ten in a bunch of countries, so I would go with… yeah… very well.


Erin: Yeah, I would have to agree! So, it seems for this album that you’ve done things a bit differently, I mean, the style and such to me sounds different, and of course you’ve been working with a new producer, signed with a new record label, that’s a lot of change. What inspired the changes?

Alex: Well, we decided it was time to go with a new label, and we decided to take the step up to a major label, because we finished our previous contract. And that kind of lead to the idea that you know, we could use a new producer. And aside from the two records we did with Ted Hutt, and Brian also did the Horrible Crowes record with Ted Hutt, so I think it was just time for something a little new, and you know, nothing against Ted. But yeah, Brendan O’Brien was what I think was the perfect match for what we were tryin’ to do.


Erin: Fair. How did the process work with making all those changes?

http://livenloudmagazine.com/2012/09/live-n-loud-meets-the-gaslight-anthem-2/

Why do people transcribe all the uhs and ums - annoying.

I know this has been said a million times but it's nice to hear from someone like Alex R. for a change. Good advice from him at the end there. Also what I think was more annoying than the "ums" was the "fair" "fair enough" "that's fair" between every question, haha.

Fair enough, Um thanks for posting this

Andy_ wrote:

Fair enough, Um thanks for posting this

Yeah, I woud have to agree! Okay, so, you're posting this, totally fair.