And, perhaps best of all, the whole thing opens up with a rousing cover of Ocean Eyes by Billie Eilish…
“We had an idea after we finished recording the album to record some acoustic versions of History Books and Positive Charge,” explains frontman Brian Fallon.
“Then at the same time, I had been listening to this Billie Eilish song my daughter showed me on the way to school one morning called Ocean Eyes and I thought, ‘Hey, that would be a great song for The Gaslight Anthem to cover.’ I really enjoyed diving into this song and now I am a Billie Eilish fan.“Then we decided that it was time to update one of our very favourite songs Blue Jeans & White T-Shirts,” he adds.
“We had been messing with some of the location names to be more current – seems like real estate on Cookman Ave is all office buildings and condos for very, very rich people, maybe not the neighbours for me. So we updated a few choice Jersey locations – not to replace the old version, just more of a current look.”