Brian Fallon - Sleepwalkers

With his day job as vocalist for The Gaslight Anthem, Brian Fallon emerged as a songwriter from the school of Springsteen, able to evoke a kind of nostalgia and longing across the band’s five records.

With debut solo LP ‘Painkillers’, an acoustic guitar replaced electric, but the songs were just as potent as ever. Follow-up ‘Sleepwalkers’ - released just as his band ready an anniversary tour for the career-defining ‘The ‘59 Sound’ - sees the singer widen his palette and show he’s just fine on his own.

‘If Your Prayers Don’t Get To Heaven’ is an addictive ode to Motown, while first single ‘Forget Me Not’ is crunchy and anthemic. The subject matter stays largely stuck to Brian’s bread and butter - broken dreams, escaping for a better life, etc etc - but it’s matter that he tackles so well that it doesn’t quite run dry.