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"Sleepwalkers" is the second solo studio album by Brian Fallon, singer/guitarist of American rock band The Gaslight Anthem, released February 9th, 2018 on the Island label.
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 69, based on 10 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
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Fallon decided this time around to color a little outside the lines, though. Sitting comfortably beside his Springsteen worship is some Motown flavor (“If Your Prayers Don’t Get to Heaven” and the title track), a bit of country-rock (“Watson”), and some Elvis Costello bounce (“Neptune”).
But Sleepwalkers, like Fallon’s entire catalogue, mainly functions as an extended love letter to a time when guitar-centric rock was king. The itchy and anxious guitar twinkles of “Come Wander With Me” and the descending guitar lines in “Little Nightmares” can come off as nostalgic and/or naïve in 2018, sure, but they’re also stupidly effective. And when his backing band lets loose in the second half of “Neptune,” it’s one of the few times they don’t sound stiff and innocuous.
So yeah, if you buy into Brian Fallon’s rock classicist worldview, Sleepwalkers is an enjoyable record. Just don’t ask for much beyond that.
REviewed by Steve Lampiris for thelineofbestfit.com.
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