The '59 Sound
The '59 Sound
I don’t usually buy albums; I don’t find that I like enough of a single artist’s songs to justify spending the money on it, if I’m only listening to a few of the tracks. So for me to buy an album based on one song that I had heard maybe five times was definitely different.
However, in the case of the awesome new album, The ’59 Sound, I wasn’t disappointed.
The Gaslight Anthem is a band who has only just had their break in music, and it is well deserved. Their style is fresh, a change from the usual heavy music that’s on the market, and each song on this album is incredibly... listenable. Catchy guitars, hummable tunes and meaningful lyrics, they have it all.
All of the songs are great, but my personal favourites were ‘Old White Lincoln’, ‘Miles Davis and the Cool’ and ‘The Patient Ferris Wheel’. The theme of holding on to youth and the past is a recurring theme in a lot of the songs, and the lyrics express this perfectly.
The lyrics insert of the album has the original, handwritten lyrics; the notebook pages from when the band was first writing their songs, with all of the scribbling out, doodles, footnotes and editing that they did along with it. This gave it a strangely personal feel, and an insight into the work that they put in to making the album.
I recommend this album to anyone and everyone, because I think that you’ll love it. This is backed up by the fact that when I went to buy it, there was only one copy left on the shelf. For a band that, according to their interview in Kerrang! only made five thousand pounds (about ten thousand dollars), and sleeps on the floors of anyone who’ll offer to get by, I think it is well-deserved.
Give them a try; you won't regret it.
