Saturday, June 19, 2010

The Gaslight Anthem

Mixed Reviews

BBC
Despite coming in shy of 35 minutes and retaining the services of ’59 Sound producer Ted Hutt, American Slang is an altogether cleaner-sounding affair than its predecessor. As such it’s not so much a bad record as a weirdly redundant one: four talented, passionate musicians do a perfectly reasonable job of making a record that sounds a good deal like vintage Springsteen, but fail to really leave their own mark on the music.


Sputnik
Summary: Why doesn't every rock band make music like this?





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