The Gaslight Anthem Announce Album, Enlist Bruce Springsteen for New Music: Hear

Not lengthy after issuing their comeback single “Positive Charge,” the Gaslight Anthem have introduced a brand new album, Historical past Books, with a title monitor that includes fellow New Jerseyan Bruce Springsteen. Watch the Kelsey Ayres–directed video for that tune under; Historical past Books is out October 27 through their very own Wealthy Mahogany imprint, marking the group’s first LP in virtually a decade. Scroll down for the LP artwork and monitor record.

“When Bruce Springsteen stated I ought to write a duet for us, I feel my head exploded,”
the Gaslight Anthem’s frontman Brian Fallon stated in a press launch. “It’s going to by no means get outdated to me that one of many biggest songwriters on the planet, and one in every of my hero’s voices, will ceaselessly be captured in a tune I wrote at a small picket desk, in October, in New Jersey.”

Fallon continued:

When you’ve a band attain any stage of success or reputation, that’s a present. It’s actually a miracle to have the ability to do your artwork for a dwelling. Having the band come this far and be capable to nonetheless discover inspiration and connection in our music is a treasure. We’re thrilled to be again, and we thank our followers for permitting us time to regroup.

None of us wished to make a really somber or severe report displaying how a lot we’ve matured. We’ve all modified and grown and realized a lot, however the general temper was a sense of pleasure to be again collectively and making music meaning one thing to us.

Historical past Books is the Gaslight Anthem’s sixth full-length, following 2014’s Get Hurt; additionally it is their first launch on Wealthy Mahogany (the album will probably be distributed by Thirty Tigers). The LP was produced by Peter Katis—who has labored with the Nationwide and Kurt Vile—at Tarquin Studios in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Historical past Books consists of “Constructive Cost,” which the band dropped in April.