Handwritten by The Gaslight Anthem

Handwritten, the fourth album from New Brunswick, New Jersey's Gaslight Anthem, arrived on July 24, 2012, as their major-label debut on Mercury, and they handed the controls to Brendan O'Brien. The jump to the big leagues didn't sand them down; if anything the production just makes the guitars louder and the choruses wider.

Brian Fallon still sings like a man with gravel in his throat and a jukebox in his heart, Alex Rosamilia's lead guitar rings out over his rhythm playing, and Alex Levine and Benny Horowitz drive the whole thing like a car with the windows down. "45" went out first and became the band's biggest single, a wound-up, fist-pumping rocker. Nick Hornby wrote the liner notes, and the album went top three in both Britain and America.

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