In May, Fallon will join the other three-quarters of Gaslight Anthem – Alex Rosamilia, Alex Levine and Benny Horowitz – to mark the 10th anniversary of The ’59 Sound with shows in Washington, D.C., Chicago and New York, where they’re part of the lineup of the Governor’s Ball Music Festival. “I’m just going to embrace everything I do and not hold anything back, because I like this sound.” It’d be like saying, ‘OK, I’m not going to use my left arm,'” says Fallon. “Even though it’s not necessarily, one-fourth of the band’s sound is always whatever I brought to the table. Prior to production, Fallon, Hutt and his frequent collaborator, solo artist Matthew Ryan, talked at length about how much of the Gaslight aesthetic to let seep into Sleepwalkers. Hause’s words are brought to bear in Sleepwalkers‘ lead single “Forget Me Not,” perhaps the song on the LP that most subscribes to the Gaslight Anthem ’59 formula: “Old White Lincoln” pre-chorus, gang vocal harmonies and a Fallon scream to open each verse. He’s the proof that the student almost always becomes the master.” “He’s studying, listening, trying always to get better. “Brian is the consummate student of rock & roll,” says likeminded singer-songwriter Dave Hause, who will open a string of shows for Fallon this month in Europe. It’s one of many standouts on the new album, along with the street-corner hymn “If Your Prayers Don’t Get to Heaven” (his current single), the stark look at mortality “See You on the Other Side” and the love song “Etta James.” Bolstered by horns from the Preservation Hall Jazz Band – Fallon recorded the album in New Orleans – the tune mixes the boardwalk R&B of the singer’s native Garden State with the funk of the Crescent City. They overtook it, you know? At the end of the day you can’t reinvent yourself past a point, because you are you, and there are things that are inherently you that are always going to be there.”įor Fallon, it’s the Springsteen/Clash amalgamation that defined his work with the Gaslight Anthem and that, with an extra dash of Dylan, informs Sleepwalkers, whose title track could have fit nicely on Greetings From Asbury Park. “I would say that Dylan’s got his pigeon – this is what Dylan does and no one does this except for him. “Everyone always says, ‘We don’t want to be pigeonholed.’ But sometimes your pigeonhole is a great place to be,” says the 38-year-old.
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