History Books
RICH MAHOGANY/THIRTY TIGERS
8/10
IT has always been to The Gaslight Anthem’s credit that they – a bar band from New Jersey who sing about girls, cars, etc – have never sought to evade the obvious comparison. They have referred to Bruce Springsteen’s songs in theirs (from “High Lonesome”, from their tremendous 2008 album The ’59 Sound: “At night I”). They have invited their hero onto their stages, and been invited onto his. They have understood and acknowledged that the only circumstances in which a review of their work would not mention Bruce Springsteen is if the critic in question is trying to win a bet.
