Interview: Brian Fallon of The Gaslight Anthem
 

Over the years I've worked on this website, there are a handful of interviews that have really stood out to me. A handful that I sit back and think, "yeah, those I'm really proud of." When I finished typing up the interview with Brian Fallon of The Gaslight Anthem -- I immediately re-read through it, and had that feeling of pride. It's an interview that talks about a variety of topics, from the band's new album and the lyrical themes and "punishing sound" throughout, to the recent Against Me! news and Brian's thoughts on a wide range of topics. It's an interview that I think gets a little deeper into the mind of one of today's great songwriters -- and I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did doing it.

From the Interview

Sometimes when a new record's out people will come out and say something like, "so and so's overproduced" - and first of all: I didn't know that everybody and their mother had an engineering degree all of a sudden. And you'll have magazines doing the, "well, I like so and so's last album and the new one is just too over produced." And I kinda feel like calling up the magazine and saying, "Yeah, well - the article was great, but you know I don't really like the paper you printed this on." I mean, since when did all these people work the tape ops? Well, whatever ... the thing that was really cool this time - if you listen to our records, they're all really attempting to be these big sounding records. Attempting to sound huge. And I think on this one - we actually had all of the opportunities to do it with the kind of equipment we were using and we had 'the guy' that, well, that's what he does: he makes things sound huge. Even if you have this quiet acoustic song, somehow he's still able to make it sound huge when he's done with it. So, you know, I think that was really the coolest … and I guess most different thing … about this record.

Jesus christ, that must have been awesome interviewing him

I am really excited for this record.

Damn Jason, such a great interview.

Goddammit I should be studying right now. Curse you Jason!

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You're the Fucking man Mr. Tate.

Awesome. Brian Fallon is the man.

This is great, Jason. He was sure ready to talk your ear off.

That's awesome.

Amazing interview. Seems like a really great guy.

Can't wait for the record

Haven't actually listened to them yet. Brian seems like a unique guy, though. Any albums you recommend I listen to first, Jason?

Probably The 59 Sound.

I've endured the vicissitudes of loving/becoming bored with this band's music (45' has reignited my interest) recently but watching/reading Brian's interviews will never cease to be awesome. Good work Jason, this must have been awesome for you.

Reading that quote from Jesse earlier today then this interview with Brian, you really see a huge difference in how each guys handles an interview. I love Brian honesty and straight-forwardness.