By: Maria Ciezak
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

The Gaslight Anthem’s new album, American Slang, is mayhem. New Jersey natives and local celebs (shout out to my home state), if you don’t know the band, you should. They’ve made a name for themselves by touring consistently and by letting their music do the talking. They are the explanation of hard work paying off, rapidly rising to fame. I cannot wait for the world to hear this album on June 15th, rhythmic drive that is catapulted by the raw vocal shield of Brian Fallon, marking the lead single and title track. This dude’s voice is extraordinary, down the line, and could be one of the most dominant in the genre.

Like most of their work, American Slang describes the struggle living as a median class individual, but their music is nothing short of first class. Screw the commonplace rotation pop songs; this is an unpolluted rock n’ roll group made for the fans. In the words of Fallon himself in an interview: “American Slang is just what we do. That’s who we are. You’re presented with this American Dream and all these American possibilities — and then there’s the reality of what actually happens with your life.”

Stand out tracks We Did It When We Were Young and Stay Lucky are like any anthem, songs of devotion and loyalty. In my opinion, there are two ways you could view this album: what you would hear the band play in some club that would make you get gone in the sway of the music with some other directionless soul, or just get lost riding into the lonely nights with the sunroof open and half a tank of gas.

At the end of the day, Gaslight Anthem is a group that leaves me torn. One part of my music embellished soul wants to call up everyone I know and talk about them. Another part of you wants to keep it to myself, for I know it’s just a matter of time before my hometown heroes become a world-wide phenomenon. All of the ingredients are there for the fame monster recipe.

Check out this album for The Gaslight Anthem is as good as it gets.

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