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The Gaslight Anthem Announce 2024 UK/European Tour, Plus 2000Trees Headline Set". October 3, 2023 . Retrieved October 3, 2023– via YouTube. Everybody says these words and they seem to like mean nothing but it really does feel like a new beginning,” he adds. “And not a new beginning that doesn’t want to be part of the past, either. It’s a new beginning that is like willing to take the past with it, and say, ‘Yeah, that was awesome then, and it is going to be awesome now, too.” Fans are really resonating with that song – and particularly the line, ‘ I’d be young better now.’ Was that inspired by any one thing from the past, or just a more broad feeling? a b c Stout, Brian (October 24, 2023). "The Gaslight Anthem Are in Fine Form on History Books". PopMatters . Retrieved October 28, 2023.

Coping with pressure. Learning how to navigate annoying music industry politics. Feeling more positive in his own headspace. It’s all important stuff that, since 2014’s Get Hurt, the frontman has been able to work on. And – spoiler alert – it also adds up to make The Gaslight Anthem’s long-awaited sixth album History Books, released today, a total triumph. Get Hurt (2014) / The B-Sides (2014) / Hold You Up EP (2012) / Handwritten (2012) / iTunes Session (2011) / American Slang (2010) / The ’59 Sound (2008)a b Danton, Eric R. "The Gaslight Anthem Let Go of the Past on History Books". Paste . Retrieved October 28, 2023. As happy as this will make fans who’ve been longing for new music from the New Jersey quartet – completed by guitarist Alex Rosamilia, bassist Alex Levine and drummer Benny Horowitz – that’s not to say Brian always had it mapped out in such certain terms.

One thing that did change during The Gaslight Anthem’s long absence was that the group’s members – Fallon, Rosamilia, bassist Alex Levine and drummer Benny Horowitz – all passed 40. It suits them. If the early Gaslight Anthem albums were roughly equally freighted with a fear of getting older and a fear of not living that long, History Books is where they grapple with the prospect that middle age is at once more and less terrifying than their twenty and thirty-something selves imagined. The one thing about every band that creates a meaningful legacy is that they are fundamentally them,” he adds. “And this record is really about taking ownership of us.” Fallon's experiences with therapy and medication influenced the album's direction and themes. He highlighted "Positive Charge", the first song he wrote for the record, as "a message of joy to ourselves and to our audience" about "looking at the things you've come through and feeling like you want to go ahead with an open heart toward the future, believing that the best years are not behind any of us and the good we have is worth something." [14] a b c d Brodsky, Rachel (July 21, 2023). "The Gaslight Anthem Share New Song "History Books" Featuring Bruce Springsteen". Stereogum . Retrieved July 21, 2023.The Sailor Jerry Podcast Ep. 53 — Brian Fallon (The Gaslight Anthem)" . Retrieved August 16, 2023– via YouTube. What about ‘ I’ll love you forever till the day that I don’t’? It’s sort of similar to ‘ I’ll love you forever if I ever love at all’ from Blue Jeans & White T-Shirts – is that a little Easter egg? You’ve already released four singles, but what are some of the other songs that you feel best capture the spirit of History Books? Dillon, Ryan (October 25, 2023). "Gaslight Anthem's History Books Is As Refreshing As It Is Familiar (Album Review)". Glide Magazine . Retrieved October 28, 2023. The band premiered "Michigan, 1975" at a show in Michigan on September 16, playing the studio version over the PA system in lieu of a traditional encore break, with Fallon stating that fans were free to share any recordings of it after the fact. [24] On September, 19 the band announced two homecoming shows celebrating the release of History Books at the White Eagle Hall in New Jersey on October 27 and 28. [25] An additional two dates were added on September 20, [26] scheduled for 29 and 30, with all four shows selling out by September 22. The record’s fourth single, "Autumn" was released on October 3, accompanied by the announcement of EU/UK tour dates throughout 2024, including a headline slot at 2000 Trees Festival. [27]