CoronaVinyl Day 76 (2010s): Get Hurt by The Gaslight Anthem

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Today's CoronaVinyl category is the 2010s, and one of my favorite bands of the past 15 years is The Gaslight Anthem.  Hailing from New Jersey, the band was the next in a long line of great rock bands from the Garden State, following in the footsteps of Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, and the like.  I hear a lot of Springsteen's influence in their music, but with a punk tinge.  Their music has great lyrics with interesting stories, and they can rock with the best of them as well.

I bought 2014's Get Hurt, the band's fifth and final studio album, when it was released, and I got it on splattered vinyl, as you can see from the photo above.  Unfortunately, the band went on an "indefinite hiatus" starting in August 2015, and they have only reunited for 2018's tour to commemorate the tenth anniversary of The '59 Sound (which is my favorite of their albums).  Thankfully, I got to see them during that tour, and they were predictably excellent.

If it turns out to be their swan song, Get Hurt was a good way to go out.  Inspired by lead singer Brian Fallon's divorce from his wife of ten years, it's a passionate album, with the type of blue collar rock and roll that we came to expect (and love) from the band.  Get Hurt was the band's second Top 10 album in the U.S., reaching #4 on the Billboard album chart.  It also cracked the Top 10 on the album charts in the UK, Canada, Germany, and Austria.

The Spotify version of the album has four bonus tracks.

Favorite song from Side 1:  "Stay Vicious"
This is the first track on the album, and it starts with a bang.  This song is a gritty, grungy song that reminds me of Stone Temple Pilots in several parts, but then it also has more tender, cleaner parts to counterbalance the fuzz and anger.

Favorite song from Side 2:  "Rollin' and Tumblin'"
Side 2 also starts off with a bang.  This isn't the classic blues song of the same name, but rather a classic TGA song -- which is to say that it's heartfelt rock and roll that you want to listen to over and over again.