I’ve been playing the album nonstop since I received the stream, I instantly loved it, what feelings did you have when you finally heard the album finished in its entirety? I can’t think of one word, maybe let’s come back to it at the end, maybe it’ll come to me then. I can’t think of a word that’s not going to make me sound like an asshole *laughs* because I could say ‘Awesome’ or just some adjective, I don’t know, man it’s just a rock and roll record. Oh… one of these questions… hmm… *pauses* you know it’s funny, the first word that comes to my mind is presumptuous but not the record being the record being presumptuous but me saying one nugget of a word to describe it. To start off, can you give us one word that you feel sums up the album perfectly? Sitting on the couch at home with a baseball game on mute, we had the chance to catch up with Benny again, but this time in support of the band’s amazing new album ‘Get Hurt’, so he fills us in on its creation, its evolution, its simplistic cover… and more.
If you don’t know of this band, do yourself a favour… With majority of their previous album ‘Handwritten’ mirroring my life, and now with ‘Get Hurt’ wanting to do the same, this is a band I relate to and it’s a pleasure to have them around and able to create music for people. If there’s one band I’ve attached to over the last few years it’s been The Gaslight Anthem, when you listen to the band and I mean really listen to the band and the songs they create you get drawn in, you feel these words and to me that’s what music is all about.
“…it’s funny having a guy like Brian in the band and a lyricist like that, I’m just like anybody that listens to Gaslight at home when I hear these lyrics you know? So I rarely even ever ask Brian where it’s coming from because I start to think about where I think it’s coming from and the way that the lyrics connect with me…”
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