Brian Fallon & The Painkillers

Brian Fallon has caused a sensation over the past decade and a half with the American rock band The Gaslight Anthem. Critics and fans alike praised Fallon for his sincere, romantic style of writing and his powerful voice, which was reminiscent of that other musician from New Jersey: Bruce Springsteen. The Boss himself also gave him his blessing. But Brian Fallon does not draw from a single source. During periods when The Gaslight Anthem is inactive, the singer releases beautiful solo albums (and who still remembers the stunning album 'Elsie' by side project The Horrible Crowes?). Fallon's fifth studio album, 'Not Bad For New Jersey', will be released at the end of the summer, and on November 8, he will perform at Paradiso with his backing band, 'The Painkillers'.

With this new album, the singer-songwriter reinforces the challenging romanticism that has always fueled his songwriting. He resists the tendency to become more reserved over time. Before releasing his fifth solo LP, he returned to the fatalistic love songs that had shaped him so deeply as a child; melancholic radio hits by rock icons in the prime of their careers, sung by wild-looking dreamers whom he alternately calls "beautiful losers" and "desperate madmen." As he compiled a series of songs featuring characters who love too intensely and take too many risks, Fallon built an oeuvre that thunders forward at a tumultuous pace: the unique inner movement of someone who has strayed from his path more than once, yet continues to believe and refuses to surrender to the easy gravity of cynicism.

Support by: Chris Fallen