The Signature Sound Of A Handwritten Future

from http://www.theaquarian.com/2012/11/21/interview-with-the-gaslight-anthem-the-signature-sound-of-a-handwritten-future/


There are many bands that have created a certain style and have gone on to great places because of it. AC/DC will never do anything different than they did on 1975’s High Voltage, but that comfort zone has sold millions of records for the 38 years that they’ve been around. Other artists, such as Pearl Jam and Tom Petty, have been more experimental, willing themselves to evolve and purposely changing tactics to enhance their signature sound.

The Gaslight Anthem hail from that school of restless soul searching. Even before the New Brunswick, NJ foursome released Sink Or Swim in 2007, they had the mindset to push themselves to greater compositional heights with each performance and consecutive release. Brian Fallon may have an affinity for Bruce Springsteen and his music, but he is also a songwriter that doesn’t spend too much time looking in the rear view mirror, and the proof of that is in Gaslight Anthem’s latest batch of dirty, rock ‘n’ roll gems.

Handwritten is the band’s fourth full-length release—the first via Mercury Records—and demonstrates a group in the moment of discovering that sought-after signature style while entering a multi-dimensional arena of commercial and critical success.

nice!