Brian Fallon - vocals/guitar Alex Levine - bass Benny Horowitz - drums Alex Rosamilia - guitar
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ROCKSOUND (UK) July 2009 issue
ALTERNATIVE PRESS May 2009 issue
The Gaslight Anthem’s second album was not only an essential document of punk rock soul but a record that will endure long into the future. - NME (UK) “2008 Albums of the Year” feature
We’ve had this longstanding rule that no live band sounds good on TV. And then we saw NJ’s Gaslight Anthem on Letterman and concluded that either a) our rule was wrong, b) they are, in fact, the band of our generation, or c) some combination thereof. Absolutely breathtaking. - ROLLING STONE
These songs are simple, mostly, but they're executed perfectly. Fallon and guitarist Alex Rosamilia do this thing, mostly on the quiet bits, where their guitars wrap twinkly harmonies around each other, getting loose and intricate without being showy about it. And when the guitars turn into chorus-firepower, it just kills because it's been so long since we've heard anyone pull that off with such panache. If you've got even a tiny bit of a soft spot for that bruised-growl retro-punk, THE ’59 SOUND is an answer to a prayer. - PITCHFORK
Because they are destined for greatness, and because this album means they’ve already achieved it. - EMUSIC, naming THE '59 SOUND the "Best Album of 2008"
…one of the most exhilarating records of the year… - THE AV CLUB blog
This year’s Hold Steady, The Gaslight Anthem…prove to be masters of blue-collar anthems…impossibly exciting. – Q MAGAZINE (UK) “Top Albums of 2008”
It's that air of tragedy that makes "The '59 Sound" seem like more than a simple rock barn-burner: When Brian Fallon sings, "Ain't supposed to die on a Saturday night," he captures the way a summer night behind the wheel can positively burst with youthful abandon, ever-present danger and fragile promise. With almost overpowering intensity, the song does exactly the same. - NPR "All Things Considered" Song of the Day (June 23, 2009)
...this New Jersey quartet manage to sound like no one but themselves. Their second album is heady and, frankly, brilliant stuff. -CLASSIC ROCK (UK) "Top Albums of 2008" feature
…let me recommend an album that needs to be part of your summer rotation: The '59 Sound by The Gaslight Anthem…With numerous references to the glory of youth, summer, and California, the album is bursting with energy, emotion and gripping lyrics. It takes you on a journey back to adolescence and is written with maturity and confidence. You won't find any fluff here. - OC WEEKLY
The band’s sophomore full-length, The ’59 Sound, is a 12 song streak of soul influenced cinematic punk, with each piece revolving around a plot steeped in the Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty school of songwriting. — OUTBURN
THE ’59 SOUND is the kind of record that labels fight over, other bands salivate over, and fans of Hot Water Music and Otis Redding get righteously stoked over. – ALTERNATIVE PRESS
Gaslight transcends a rote re-telling of past musical generations… their music feels urgent and important, new but speaking a language we all still very much want to understand and believe in. - DENVER POST
THE ’59 SOUND is an album which further develops the distinctive sound which sets the Gaslight Anthem apart...It is an album which is consistently excellent from a band which has yet to record a poor track…The result is an outstanding second album from a band who are still growing, improving, and taking control of the direction they take their music, and based on the quality of this album, they will have no shortage of followers. - PUNKNEWS
(The Gaslight Anthem) packs rich, lustrous songwriting into taut punk arrangements. Its casually observed storytelling, overflowing with detail, seethes with a cool desperation reminiscent of Mr. Springsteen in the late ’70s. - THE NEW YORK TIMES
The Gaslight Anthem seems set for impending rock 'n' roll stardom. Magazine covers? Check. Sold-out headlining concerts? Check. Overwhelming positive critical reaction? Check. - ASBURY PARK PRESS
It’s an album that makes you want to run away into the darkness, to give up everything you have for a life of uncertainty and late night melancholy, for unending American highways and a sad lifetime chasing love through the backstreets of a dead-end, run-down town. Simply incredible. — ALOUD.COM (UK)
...this is what music is all about. I left wishing that I knew how to play guitar and dying for more. If you don’t know these guys, get to know them and if you haven’t seen them live, make a plan. - CLINK MUSIC MAGAZINE (UK)
Over the last three months, The Gaslight Anthem have quite deservedly blown up in the world of rock ‘n’ roll following the release of their second full-length album THE ’59 SOUND; the critical reception to their E Street punk chops has been eulogistic, the quartet have been in every magazine…and their shamelessly romantic sound has been seducing more fans than ever before…While virtually every other band in the world has a natural inclination to reach for the sky, these guys have the intelligence to know that such an ascension would take them further away from the street-soul and underdog spirit that makes THE ’59 SOUND so special, so resonant and so necessary. – ROCKSOUND (UK) "Top Albums of 2008" feature
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Hey guys just wanted to stop by and thank you for the great sound. Your music always helps me on my long journeys between home and my friends, anytime I have to say goodbye to anyone I like your music makes things easier. Great lyrics, great melodies, seems like Brian knows all the feelings that life somtimes make so difficult. Looking forward to the next record, please come back to Germany
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