On 'History Books'— their first new music in over nine years — the new jersey-bred four-piece bring their soulful breed of punk to ten thrilling songs, exploring everything from mortality, to mental illness, to the more precarious dimensions of human connection.
In the tradition of their seminal sophomore album the ’59 sound', The Gaslight Anthem’s sixth full-length ultimately achieves the tremendous feat of hitting every raw nerve while endlessly inspiring wildly triumphant singing-along.
Featuring a guest appearance from longtime gaslight anthem champion Bruce Springsteen, 'History Books' matches its unfussy yet gracefully crafted sound with the force-of-nature energy that’s defined the band since getting their start playing basement shows back in the mid-aughts.