The Gaslight Anthem - History Books 2023

Исполнитель: The Gaslight Anthem
Альбом: History Books
Жанр: Punk, Alternative Rock
Год: 2023
Страна: USA (New Brunswick, New Jersey)
Лейбл: Rich Mahogany Recordings
Формат: FLAC (tracks)
Official DR value: DR6
Разрядность: 24bit / 96kHz Stereo
Размер: 878 MB
Источник: qobuz
Залито на: XFile (tracks)

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On The Gaslight Anthem's first album in nine years, the New Jersey rockers have hit their holy grail: landing a duet with Bruce Springsteen, the patron saint they've long been compared to. "There's definitely a little wink in there," singer Brian Fallon has said of the title track from History Books. "It's like 'Now write this off,' we've got the approval of the guy! What are you going to say? You can't say anything!" The track, which finds the frontman and Springsteen trading verses, captures the high-bounce joy of the E Street Band but Fallon said it's "not a friendly song" and was inspired by a lesson he learned in therapy: "The only people who have a problem with boundary setting is the people who are breaking them." It also seems to be about shedding the past, as Fallon sings, "You just remind me of the/ Nights of smoke and dirty jokes/ Darkened rooms with lonely ghosts/ They were beautiful some time ago/ But time keeps rollin' us on." But on "Positive Charge"—a flag-waving track that revisits the band's punkier roots with fiery guitar—Fallon reveals that, while he may not want relive the past, he does want to find the way he used to feel. "I need a spark/ I need a positive charge/ Plug it into my veins and make me love this life again." "Spider Bites" adds Jersey-bred grit to the country-folk of bands like Lumineers; "Autumn" is not exactly Americana, but it is retro all-American rock, swinging low and wide with its chugging bass. Its drums rolling like a train, "A Lifetime of Preludes" channels Woody Guthrie. The drums get an echo effect on "Empires" that casts the song in the moody spotlight of a slow-moving '80s movie soundtrack. Power ballad "I Live in the Room Above Her" flexes muscle, dynamically spanning hushed verses and an overblown chorus. And hard-charging, fist-pumping "Little Fires"—about recognizing that losing a relationship won't kill you and may even be a saving grace—is bound to be a holler-to-the-rafters live favorite.
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Трэклист:

01. Spider Bites
02. History Books (feat. Bruce Springsteen)
03. Autumn
04. Positive Charge
05. Michigan, 1975
06. Little Fires
07. The Weatherman
08. Empires
09. I Live In The Room Above Her
10. A Lifetime Of Preludes

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