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^Four Foot Blister, I've been meaning to ask you, is that the Pokemon font in your sig?

It is so sad that I recognize that.

Hahaha I've got the CD in my car and I listen to it every time I drive somewhere. I really want to go to a hometown show but I don't know if they've go any coming up. Or even any in Jersey at all.

I'm sure right around when American Slang is released, so in the next couple of months.  I'll let you know if I hear about a tour schedule!

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So the single, which is also titled American Slang, is confirmed to be hitting the radio on April 27th :-D

I think the press release and chances of a leak mean that we could hear the song a bit earlier than that though. 

Source: http://www.allaccess.com/alternative/future-releases

I'm also about to go check out the Rock Band store and see if The 59' Sound and Old White Lincoln have been released yet, I'll let you guys know :P

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Hell yeah, here's a link for everyone: http://www.mediafire.com/?tqmmwlxwoqm

Brian's voice overlapping reminds me of The Blues Mary ("she cries like a baby" part), but I'm digging the song so far.  

I'm not disappointed, but not blown away either.

I'm sure it will grow on me much more over time.

Here's the song list for the album too:

American Slang

Stay Lucky

Bring It On

The Diamond Church Street Choir

The Queen of Lower Chelsea

Orphans

Boxer

Old Haunts

The Spirit of Jazz

We Did It When We Were Young

So many of those titles have me so excited for this album :-D

And album artwork:

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No download links?

And yeah it didnt "blow me away" but i bet it would have if i had not listened to the 59 Sound so much.

If that makes sence.

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No download links?

And yeah it didnt "blow me away" but i bet it would have if i had not listened to the 59 Sound so much.

If that makes sence.

Yeah, and the first sentence of my last post has a mediafire download link ;)

Brian said that the band could of easily just recorded a sequel to The 59' Sound and kept that style, but he wanted the band to evolve into a more mature sound.

Also, the people at altsounds.com seem to have heard more than one track, as they report that:

AMERICAN SLANG heralds a dramatic leap forward for The Gaslight Anthem. Tracks such as “Bring It On,†“Orphans†and “Stay Lucky†bristle and burn with the spirit of soul and the artistic adventurousness and impressive confidence of band that has come into its own and found its own voice.

http://hangout.altsounds.com/news/116218-the-gaslight-anthem-unveil-american-slang.html

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It totally is! I love that thing! I always go to the top of it with my family when we go to LBI :D

<img src=http://ibiphotos.com/images/Photograph/2007/01/01_BarnegatLightHouse_SunBehind02_BW_Large.jpg>

Haha this is so rad. Now I can't wait to go again this summer, I appreciate it 10x more now.

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Hahah Ali, I saw someone post a link explaining the Barnegat lighthouse on dimestoresaints.com and I spent a few minutes reading up on it today :)

What I'm most excited for in this album is one of the slower, more lyrical driven songs.  Like Here's Looking At You Kid, Red At Night, The Navesink Banks, etc.

I'm so excited for the rest of the album!!

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Not huge news, but:

Here's an interview with Chuck Ragon (front man for the band Hot Water Music, he provided back up vocals on Film Noir near the end of the song too).

IC: There’s this tour, then there’s the Hot Water Music tour is there ever gonna be a Rumbleseat tour or is that as the album implies?

CR: Is Dead. Yeah, but right now I’m writing a record with Brian Fallon from The Gaslight Anthem and we’re planning. He may, most likely, do the Revival Tour in the States early in 2011 and our goal is to bring it over here to Europe and to the UK. I hope he could be on it. We’d love to play shows for the record and tour on the record as far as I know, but I don’t know how much or the extend of it all. Gaslight is putting out a new record in June, so they’re gonna be pretty busy.

IC: How did it come about, this new project?

CR: I just called him up and said “Hey, you wanna write some tunes?†*laughs*.

IC: What kind of stuff is it gonna be?

CR: Well, mostly it’s gonna be all acoustic and maybe along the lines of Gold Country, the last record. We’re recording it in the same studio and producing it ourselves. The songs are really relaxed and just a lot of fun. We’ve been sending them back and forth to each other for a little bit. We have ideas for some real good friends, and really talented artists, that we want to bring in and see what kinda sounds we get. Who knows, man? I just couldn’t be more excited about it.

That would be pretty cool to see happen.  Chuck and Brian both have raspy voices so I think hearing duets with them would be awesome.

Also, Brian posted on his Twitter that he's really pissed off at American Airlines because they are responsible for breaking his acoustic guitar that he's used on every record to date and they aren't doing anything about it :|

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brian is so humble i love it. i remember reading ap awhile back saying something how he wanted to back out of the band because it was too nerve wracking and they didn't anticipate all the success they've gotten

something along those lines. he's a definitely a sweetheart

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