On the back of two extremely successful and excellent albums (The ’59 Sound and American Slang) Gaslight Anthems lead singer and the ‘new Bruce Springsteen’ Brian Fallon, presents us with a totally new offering.
Horrible Crowes is Fallon’s, along with his guitar tech Ian Perkins, stripped down and back to basics album. Dispensing with the large stadium crunching choruses of his day job, Fallon has crafted an all together more bluesy album.
Elsie takes in moments from the darker side of life, wrapping it all up with tinkling piano and acoustic guitars, making for a slightly angry fireside companion.
Fallon’s gravely voice is extremely suited to this low key affair, becoming almost another instrument on some tracks. Occasionally it does slip into Gaslight Anthem territory and for a brief moment you could be listening to the quieter bits of the ’59 Sound.
Comparisons have to be made to that of Greg Dulli’s (Afghan Whigs, Twilight Singers) solo work, which is no bad thing. Dulli continuously walks in the darker shadows of life, but manages to constantly eek out beautiful songs and the Horrible Crowes aren’t to far away from managing the same trick. Perhaps they should follow Dulli around for a while and then write another album.
If you like the Gaslight Album, I’m pretty sure you’ll love this. If you’ve never listened to that band, but like laid back, raw emotional songs, this is right up your street. Good stuff.
Stand out tracks: Last Rites and Behold the Hurricane.
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