It makes sense that “Sleep-
walkers” sounds more like The
Gaslight Anthem because it was
produced by Ted Hutt, whose
credits read like a who’s who of
modern-day punk. They include
Gaslight’s 2008 breakthrough,
“The ’59 Sound;” their 2010 fol-
low-up, “American Slang;” Hutt’s
former band, Floggy Molly; the
similar Celtic-sounding Drop-
kick Murphys; Asbury Park’s The
Bouncing Souls, and Lucero, a
popular punk band from Mem-
phis who also sound like a cross
between The Clash and Springs-
teen. Throughout the LP, a great
studio band consists of Ian Per-
kins, guitarist of the Fallon side
project, The Horrible Crowes;
Berklee-schooled session bassist
Nick Salisbury, and Social Distor-
tion drummer David Hidalgo Jr.,
son of Los Lobos’ co-founding
vocalist-guitarist. Perkins and
Salisbury also are in his tour-
ing band, The Howling Weather.
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They’ll perform regionally on
April 27 at Union Transfer, Phila-
delphia; April 28, 9:30 Club,
Washington, D.C.; April 29, Star-
land Ballroom, Sayreville; May
1, Royale, Boston, and May 2,
Brooklyn Steel, before heading
back to Europe in June.
But first Fallon will reunite with
The Gaslight Anthem on June 2
at the Governor’s Ball Music Fes-
tival on New York City’s Randall’s
Island. After that show, The Gas-
light Anthem will announce Jer-
sey additions to their world tour
that will feature “The ’59 Sound”
performed in its entirety in cel-
ebration of its 10th anniversary.
Fallon took time out of his busy
schedule for the following chat.
You changed styles with ‘Sleep-
walkers’ from ‘Painkillers’ into
a sound more like The Gaslight
Anthem. Did that happen natu-
rally or were you aiming for that?
To me, the stylistic difference
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