HISTORY BOOKS

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I always have ideas going, and there’s little stuff here and there. I’m sure we’ll start to make new stuff soon. We always do – we’re always moving around and making music. It’s just what we do!” The Gaslight Anthem's 2023 LP History Books serves as their first since 2014, and the band brings such ferocity to their return, it sounds as if they're trying to wipe away a near-decade's worth of cobwebs in a single riff, cymbal crash, and lyric. Somber but not sad, History Books recalls the urgency and triumph of the band's sophomore effort and The Gaslight Anthem Concert Setlist at House of Blues, Houston, TX, USA". setlist.fm . Retrieved July 21, 2023.

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.”I don’t know if you’re gonna get both as far as a record. If there was anything I wanted to do solo, really I could just do it with the band – I don’t think they’d be against it. But as far as the shows, I still like doing the theatre thing. A lot of these places I’m playing in the States, they’re theatres where plays are, and that’s a whole different vibe. I just like it when people are seated and I can tell them stupid stories all the time ( laughs). And I can play whatever I want. So that’s just for me, it’s just for fun which is good. So there may be more solo shows, but I couldn’t do double records – that would be crazy!” 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.” 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?

The LP delves into “everything from mortality to mental illness to the more precarious dimensions of human connection” throughout, and “achieves the tremendous feat of hitting every raw nerve while endlessly inspiring wildly triumphant singing-along”. Walton, Ed (October 25, 2023). "Album Review: History Books – The Gaslight Anthem". Distorted Sound . Retrieved October 28, 2023. Walton, Ed (October 25, 2023). "ALBUM REVIEW: History Books – The Gaslight Anthem". Distorted Sound . Retrieved October 28, 2023. Michigan, 1975 9/16/23 Grand Rapids, MI (song premiere)" ". September 18, 2023 . Retrieved October 3, 2023– via YouTube. Get Hurt (2014) / The B-Sides (2014) / Hold You Up EP (2012) / Handwritten (2012) / iTunes Session (2011) / American Slang (2010) / The ’59 Sound (2008)

You’ve got some solo shows on the horizon… does that mean in the future we might be getting both from you? a b c Stout, Brian (October 24, 2023). "The Gaslight Anthem Are in Fine Form on History Books". PopMatters . Retrieved October 28, 2023.