Earlier today, The Gaslight Anthem frontman Brian Fallon announced on Twitter that the band signed to Mercury Records and will be releasing a new album in 2012. The band confirmed the news on their Web site:
“We’re pleased to announce that we have just signed with Mercury Records (that’s Mercury/Island-Def Jam Records for North America and Mercury Records UK for the rest of the world). We have had a great run with the folks at Side One Dummy Records, they have been really terrific to work with, and they will always be our dear friends. We in the band felt that this was the best time to make a move to support our goals as a band, and we’ve met some really earnest and dedicated folks at Mercury US and UK. We’re hard at work writing songs now for what we feel is going to be the best record we’ve ever made! Thanks to everyone for your support and we look forward to seeing you in 2012!
Thanks!
The Gaslight Anthem”
Rolling Stone premiered The Gaslight Anthem’s cover of Pearl Jam’s “State of Love and Trust” this week. Listen to it here.
“We chose ‘State’ because it’s the song we felt that could’ve been a Gaslight song had we had the gift of that song come to us. It’s a great song about staying faithful,” Fallon explained to Rolling Stone.
Stay tuned for the band’s iTunes session, due out December 13th.
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