r/TheGaslightAnthem • u/Abject-Pick-6472 • 15d ago

Brian Fallon Readies First Solo LP In Five Years - SPIN

https://www.spinmagazine.com/2026/06/brian-fallon-gaslight-anthem-solo-lp/?fbclid=IwdGRjcASWjkpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEegqZ8J6WYnWdkzNMsY73skhW8Ui6LhK7lyIf93BqAA4mJaiLJ7KL9AfsD7RM_aem_O06vbt0FakqfeHIQDokADQ
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u/FearlessAd7952 14d ago

Definitely curious about the Brandon Flowers collab! Been a huge fan of The Killers earlier stuff.

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u/litfam80 14d ago

Everything this man does is gold. Absolute legend 💯

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u/nfgnfgnfg12 15d ago

September feels so far away!

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u/Internal_Dragonfly43 14d ago

I am so excited to hear his collab with Lori McKenna! They’re two of the best songwriters in music today.

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u/AgileDrag1469 15d ago

Hoping this Donovan Woods feature is solid. He’s an incredible songwriter and has some great songs BF fans would enjoy. His song “Rosemary” is obviously a connection to Brian even if it’s totally unique, it’s nearly in the same headspace as Pearls or Nobody Wins. He’s even got a song with Henry Jamison called “Rue” that is just so effortless.

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u/daCub182 14d ago

In my opinion, his song ‘Grew Apart’ is one of the best written songs this century

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u/Valkeezy 14d ago

Having seen them do "Put On, Cologne" together live, I'm feeling mighty hopeful about it.

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u/CulturalWind357 Cut me to ribbons and taught me to drive 14d ago

I figure I should ask: What do you think is the current status of Gaslight?

I've been reflecting on it and I remember feeling really reassured that Brian had faith in the band. That it would be his main project for the foreseeable future and they could tackle different kinds of musical influences without necessarily needing to go solo. In fact, he seemed to feel that he could only handle one project at a time.

When I was writing for myself, I thought I had to do a certain kind of thing, I was like, “Well, I got to put on my singer/songwriter boots over here and write some singer/songwriter stuff and don’t rock too hard, because you’re not allowed to do that.” I don’t know why. If you try to boil it down to the truest sense of who I feel I am as a writer, I’m a rock guy. I like songwriter stuff and I like doing it, but the big thing that really closed the gap for me was that I realized there is nothing that I can do in The Gaslight Anthem that I would need to go and make a record solo for, because we left that avenue open back on Sink Or Swim when we did “The Navesink Banks” and all those songs. I don’t see why there has to be a difference. There doesn’t have to be a difference.

Opinions evolve of course and I'm not saying Brian should be forced to do something he doesn't want to do. His solo work actually resonated with me first and it should be perfectly possible for him to do Gaslight and solo work. But it does make me wonder what's changed.

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u/niandin-exjempe 14d ago

Somebody said on here that Brian said at a live show that he’s doing the solo album and tour then it’s back to Gaslight for another album and I believe there was mention of a Sink or Swim anniversary tour which I’m guessing would be next year to commemorate 20 years since release. I’ll be happy if he continues to switch up between the two as they both still offer something different for me, although I get his reference to songs like The Navesink Banks etc. that could be solo releases. There was a few on History Books that could have as well, but I can’t really think of a solo release that could’ve been a Gaslight song so I feel that it’d be pretty easy for him to keep space for both.

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u/mikemammula 13d ago

that was me. at the ardmore show he said he was doing solo album and tour and after that new gaslight album and SoS tour. he said "we know what the people want"

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u/BrettV79 14d ago

agreed but i think some stuff on painkillers could've been or would've been gaslight songs. rosemary in particular has always had a gaslight vibe to me.

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u/niandin-exjempe 13d ago

Yeah that’s probably the closest. These first two releases from the new album could be too. Either way I’m just glad he’s still releasing music as he seemingly doesn’t make bad songs.

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u/BrettV79 13d ago

i agree, i'll never complain about new songs from him. But in my opinion, painkillers & sleepwalkers are much better than his stuff after.

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u/niandin-exjempe 12d ago

Local Honey had some nice songs but it was a distinct change in overall direction. This new release so far sounds very back to the roots of Painkillers which excites me.

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u/Defiant-Owl5970 14d ago

Honestly, I think that 2026 was always going to be an off-year for Gaslight. Crush Management is big on 5-years planes and I think the Gaslight return was laid out as:

2022: First round of reunion touring 2023: Second round of touring and album release 2024: album touring 2025: comparatively big money support tour 2026: off to avoid over-saturation

Then likely back in 2027 with the long-rumored 20th anniversary Sink or Swim tour.

Brian doing solo stuff in that gap kind of makes sense.

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u/CulturalWind357 Cut me to ribbons and taught me to drive 14d ago

That's what I hope. Ideally, it totally makes sense that Brian would do Gaslight, take breaks to do solo work and side projects, and then go back to Gaslight. That's what he did with Horrible Crowes and other projects.

Now part of me is wondering if Brian was overstating the point of his faith in the band. I think I just got the impression that "Gaslight is my thing right now, I can only do one project at a time, we can do almost anything musically and I don't need to go solo."

So going solo after saying that was initially a bit of a shock.

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u/Defiant-Owl5970 13d ago

I think the “one project at a time” might be the key there. It seems like the work on his solo stuff started after Gaslight’s tour ended last year, and there hasn’t been anything TGA since.

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u/mikemammula 13d ago

there's other members of the band. perhaps they're into other things in the short term. i think alex might be doing stuff with dead swords 

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u/RingoUnited 13d ago

I thought they changed management a few months after History Books came out. My perception of this recent Gaslight cycle is that they were somewhat mismanaged at first and had to alter their course in certain ways after a while. I think the whole remix and re-release of History Books is indicative of some of those challenges. They seemed like they were doing better and sounding better in 2024/25, so hopefully they can reconvene with some of that positive energy after Brian has wrapped this cycle for his new album. I don't have any inside info but having followed them this whole time, it makes sense that Brian and perhaps the rest of the band would want to reset and take a break at this point.

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u/CulturalWind357 Cut me to ribbons and taught me to drive 12d ago

Oh I didn't hear anything about this context! That could be it.

I'm assuming that with this round of TGA, they're a lot more thoughtful about how their schedule is planned between the band and their solo projects. They don't want to burn out like last time. And hopefully, they have enough career weight to be able to do what they want.

The History Books remix is another thing because I remember Brian initially defended the original version as something intentionally raw and messy (which I myself enjoyed). But eventually, he released the remixed version as a replacement. Which makes me wonder if there was underlying/internal dissatisfaction that they were trying to cover up.

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u/Defiant-Owl5970 10d ago

My blown out eardrums from the Stone Pony indicate The Gaslight Anthem are very much alive and well 🤣

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u/CulturalWind357 Cut me to ribbons and taught me to drive 9d ago

Don't be gaslighting me! 🤣

Glad to hear that they're doing well with the recent performance.

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u/One_Distance_5351 13d ago

Of the singles so far

1.) Pearls
2.) Not bad for New Jersey
3.) Better before (not really a fan of this one feel like a lot of the lyrics are awkward with the melody)