1) A++++ song 2) What is the lyric he screams? 3) this is a spiritual sequel to Underneath the Ground, yes ? 4) only negative comment: Does he really say “bring my football top?” As in jersey?? If so....WORST SPORTS REFERENCE in a song since Frank Turner botched his tennis reference in Love Forty Down. Nobody calls it a football top!! Really hope I’m hearing it wrong!!
Does it make more sense if he's referring to a football/soccer jersey, not American football? IIRC, he's a big Spurs fan.
Anyone have full lyrics? If Euros call it a top, then yes, that would be better. No idea if true though
My utopian Gaslight set would look like this: Have Mercy/Chelsea Hotel 59 Sound 45 The Diamond Street Church Choir Here Comes My Man The Spirit of Jazz Get Hurt We Came to Dance American Slang She Loves You Wooderson Rollin' & Tumblin' Orphans Helter Skeleton I'da Called You Woody Joe Miles Davis & The Cool 1930 Dark Places Here's Looking at You, Kid The Backseat ENCORE Mae Great Expectations Howl Blue Dahlia We're Getting a Divorce, You Keep the Diner
All Brian Fallon tour dates: NOVEMBER 1 - New York, NY @ Public Arts (SOLD OUT) 9 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hotel Café (SOLD OUT) FEBRUARY 20 - Birmingham, UK @ O2 Institute (w/ Dave Hause) 21 - Manchester, UK @ O2 Ritz (w/ Dave Hause) 22 - Glasgow, UK @ O2 ABC (w/ Dave Hause) 23 - London, UK @ Koko (w/ Dave Hause) 24 - Nottingham, UK @ Rock City (w/ Dave Hause) 25 - Bristol, UK @ SWX (w/ Dave Hause) 27 - Antwerp, BE @ De Roma (w/ Dave Hause) 28 - Cologne, DE @ Live Music Hall (w/ Dave Hause) MARCH 1 - Berlin, DE @ Astra (w/ Dave Hause) 2 - Vienna, AU @ Arena (w/ Dave Hause) 3 - Nurnberg, DE @ Lowensaal (w/ Dave Hause) 4 - Munich, DE @ Theaterfabrik (w/ Dave Hause) 6 - Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg (w/ Dave Hause) 8 - Newcastle, UK @ The Boiler Shop (w/ Dave Hause) 9 - Leeds, UK @ Leeds Beckett University (w/ Dave Hause) 10 - Dublin, IE @ Olympia Theatre (w/ Dave Hause) 11 - Belfast, IE @ The Limelight (w/ Dave Hause) 27 - Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West (w/ Ruston Kelly) 28 - New Orleans, LA @ House Of Blues (w/ Ruston Kelly) 29 - Houston, TX @ The Heights Theater (w/ Ruston Kelly) 30 - Austin, TX @ Emo's (w/ Ruston Kelly) 31 - Dallas, TX @ Kessler Theater (w/ Ruston Kelly) APRIL 2 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom (w/ Ruston Kelly) 3 - Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory (w/ Ruston Kelly) 4 - Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern (w/ Ruston Kelly) 6 - Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theater (w/ Ruston Kelly) 7 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent (w/ Ruston Kelly) 9 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos (w/ Ruston Kelly) 10 - Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater (w/ Ruston Kelly) 11 - Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory (w/ Ruston Kelly) 12 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge (w/ Ruston Kelly) 13 - Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theater (w/ Ruston Kelly) 14 - Kansas City, MO @ Riot Room (w/ Ruston Kelly) 15 - St. Louis, MO @ Old Rock House (w/ Ruston Kelly) 17 - Minneapolis, MN @ Music Hall Minneapolis (w/ Caitlin Rose) 18 - Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom (w/ Caitlin Rose) 19 - Chicago, IL @ House Of Blues (w/ Caitlin Rose) 20 - Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall (w/ Caitlin Rose) 21 - Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom (w/ Caitlin Rose) 22 - Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew's Hall (w/ Caitlin Rose) 24 - Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall (w/ Caitlin Rose) 25 - Rochester, NY @Anthology (w/ Caitlin Rose) 26 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Small's (w/ Caitlin Rose) 27 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer (w/ Caitlin Rose) 28 - Washington DC @ 9:30 Club (w/ Caitlin Rose) 29 - Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom (w/ Caitlin Rose) MAY 1 - Boston, MA, @ Royale (w/ Caitlin Rose) 2 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel (w/ Caitlin Rose)
Damn, no Philly date until April 27th? That sucks. That being said, I'm glad it's at Union Transfer. That venue is awesome.
maybe brian likes to wear a bikini to the beach with little footballs on it where his nipples should be
Great artwork, great lead single, great album title. Should be a worthy follow up to Painkillers. Working with Butch walker was a good move the first time around, but Ted Hutt always manages to get something special out of him.
I ordered both of Julien Baker’s albums on vinyl earlier. Now I want the deluxe version of this. I wasn’t planning on dropping this much on vinyl today, but here we are
Yeah nobody in England calls it a jersey, we call it a top. He references "English song" too about The Beatles so I guess he was just in an Anglophile mood.
I am from Massachusetts and have no knowledge of the language used surrounding football over in England and I just kind of assumed it's something they would say over there. It just sounds to me like he's singing about a jersey for a team that plays what most of the world calls football. What went through my head right away when I heard that lyric was an American who is in love with or has a strong emotional connection to someone from England who refers to what they were as their "football top" - even if, as an American, you would normally call the article of clothing a "soccer jersey", if the person you are in love / have a deep emotional connection with always called it their "football top" I feel like in your mind its gonna always be a 'football top' when it comes to that person. To me it's a phenomenal lyric and doesn't have any of the clunkiness of Love Forty Down.