The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten

[BishSWFC]

I had high hopes for this after 45, not a bad album but not brilliant, I loved the first 2 albums, and American Slang was decent (maybe too much of an effort to cater for the main stream in it which took away what I liked about the first 2 albums).

I'm still looking forward to seeing them live, but when you compare the tracks of this to stuff like The Patient Ferris Wheel, I'da called you Woody, Old White Lincoln etc. there is no comparison.

The person declaring how good a lyricist is needs to stop looking through Gaslight tinted glasses, his lyrics are all cliches of 1950's America and the whole Americana scene, things he's not really had any exposure to/just seen in films, and whilst I like that about the songs, it's very cheesy/all a rip off of Springsteen really.

[mrtourette]

Stuck in at no.2 in the end, well done to them, could give them a nice push over here.

[Mouseboy11]

I had high hopes for this after 45, not a bad album but not brilliant, I loved the first 2 albums, and American Slang was decent (maybe too much of an effort to cater for the main stream in it which took away what I liked about the first 2 albums).

I'm still looking forward to seeing them live, but when you compare the tracks of this to stuff like The Patient Ferris Wheel, I'da called you Woody, Old White Lincoln etc. there is no comparison.

The person declaring how good a lyricist is needs to stop looking through Gaslight tinted glasses, his lyrics are all cliches of 1950's America and the whole Americana scene, things he's not really had any exposure to/just seen in films, and whilst I like that about the songs, it's very cheesy/all a rip off of Springsteen really.

[JBarbour]

Some of you guys go a little deep. It's music! Listen and enjoy, if not listen to another artist

[AcademicPistol]

Some of you guys go a little deep.

[VCK]

Only just seen that Handwritten reached number 2. That's as much of a victory for guitar music as it can get right now in this current musical climate.

I've seen that a few people have jumped on the bandwagon now...

[jump]

Spolier!!! Here's their set list they have been playing at other fests this week...

1. Great Expectations

2. 45

3. Old White Lincoln

4. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

5. Howl

6. The Diamond Church Street Choir

7. Handwritten

8. The '59 Sound

9. American Slang

10. Too Much Blood

11. Here's Looking at You, Kid

12. The Backseat

[jonnyisRFC]

Watched their set at lolla, was awesome, can't wait to see them at Reading. I expect the set to to be slightly different at Reading/Leeds though