did you ever hear a band, hate it, only to come back to it later and love it?? hello gaslight anthem. everyone was pissing themselves over them a while back and i just thought... eh. i think maybe because they were getting lumped into the "springsteen" sound, which made me think of the hold steady, who i also never really got into.
(sidenote on the hold steady...i remember when they opened for the souls thanksgiving 05 at the troc and i really hated them. i just didn't really get it. i listened to their last album a bit after yrock started playing the song with a joe strummer reference, but i still never really got into it..)
ANYWAY i somehow started listening to '59 sound yesterday and ended up listening to it 4 times. this album is awesome. i totally get it now. if i wasn't too lazy to put together a top 10 for 08, this would have def been in there... had i given it a second listen before jan 1 anyway. i think this band could really stick around for a while. aren't they doing a headlining tour soon? sign me up.
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