The Gaslight Anthem Band • Page 102

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!!

 

He screams "Stacy" and that is the correct lyric, according to Apple Music.

 

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

 

I love this song, so groovy

 

i can't listen to Love Forty Down. IMO it's one of his worst songs.

 

Agree. And he loves it. Plays it live. It’s bad even without the bad tennis references frankly

 

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.

 

Got my ticket for Brian/Dave today. Very excited.

 

Where’s the tour info at? Really curious to see artwork for this.

 

maybe brian likes to wear a bikini to the beach with little footballs on it where his nipples should be

 

this is also what i assumed

 

Preorders are up: Brian Fallon | Store

Love the artwork, curious on the tracklist.

 

LOVE the artwork.

 

Glad the artwork isn't like the single cover lol

 

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.

 

Album has a thread for those curious:

Brian Fallon - Sleepwalkers (February 8, 2018)

 

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

 

Brian played Blue Jeans and White T Shirts tonight. Made my year.

 

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.

 

Whaaaat. Amazing!

 

Yikes... Being a huge Frank fan with zero tennis knowledge - could someone explain the botched part?

 

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.