BRIAN FALLON PROUDLY UNVEILS NOT BAD FOR NEW JERSEY – STREAM/PURCHASE
SINGER, SONGWRITER, AND FRONTMAN OF THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM
SHARES FIRST ORIGINAL SOLO LP IN MORE THAN FIVE YEARS
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE THE SLOW-BURNING NEW SINGLE,
“LOVE AT THE END OF THE WORLD (FEAT. BRANDON FLOWERS)” – LISTEN
EPIC WORLD HEADLINE TOUR BEGINS TODAY AND TONIGHT
WITH IN-STORE PERFORMANCE AT NYC’S ROUGH TRADE BELOW
AND SOLD-OUT HEADLINE SHOW
AT BROOKLYN’S MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG
Photo Credit: Danny Clinch
“Fallon has never sounded like he’s had more fun than this: it’s infectious…Spectacular.” – Uncut 8/10
“Fallon’s unmistakable blue-collar rock and heartfelt vocals remain front and centre…a more than welcome return from the Gaslight Anthem vocalist.” – Vive Le Rock 7/10
“Brian brings back the rock.” – Record Collector
“Not Bad For New Jersey finds Brian Fallon leaning into a bigger, more exuberant sound than some of his previous solo outings. Drawing inspiration from classic radio staples like Bryan Adams’ ‘Run to You’ and the Police’s ‘Every Breath You Take,’ the album blends power pop hooks with the blue-collar romanticism that has defined much of his songwriting career.”
– SPIN
Brian Fallon is proud to share his eagerly awaited new solo album, Not Bad For New Jersey, available today via his own Lesser Known Records. A wide variety of physical variants – including CD, “Stacy Pink” vinyl, “Pearl White” vinyl, indie exclusive “Beachside Blue” vinyl, Rough Trade exclusive “Pink Marble” vinyl, limited edition signed CDs and vinyl, and exclusive merch bundles – are also available.
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While much of Not Bad for New Jersey bristles with a restless energy, the album includes such slow-burning standouts as “Love at the End of the World (feat. Brandon Flowers),” a quietly hypnotic meditation on shedding the illusion of permanence in favor of what’s immediate and real premiering today at all DSPs and streaming services.
“Brandon’s a truly gifted musician with a really unique instinct for structure, and he had the idea of writing a song with no chorus,” says Fallon, noting that he and Flowers first bonded over their shared admiration for Depeche Mode and C.S. Lewis’ 1942 novel, The Screwtape Letters. “We were talking about our ideas about love and had the idea to write a love song set at the end of the world, and it all came together almost faster than we could process it.”
LISTEN TO “LOVE AT THE END OF THE WORLD (FEAT. BRANDON FLOWERS)”
Fallon will mark the arrival of Not Bad For New Jersey with the release day kickoff of an epic world tour, getting underway today and tonight, September 10, with an in-store performance and album signing session at New York City’s Rough Trade Below followed by a sold-out headline show at Brooklyn, NY’s Music Hall of Williamsburg. Backed by his solo band, The Painkillers, the acclaimed singer, songwriter, and frontman of The Gaslight Anthem will then rock North America, Europe, and the United Kingdom through mid-November. Special guests include Dave Hause (September 10-14), Donovan Woods (September 15-18), Ben Nichols (September 20-27), Tim Barry (September 29-October 14), and Chris Farren (November 2-15). The itinerary also includes an eagerly awaited festival appearance at Chicago, IL’s Riot Fest (September 19) as well as in-store performances and album signing sessions across North America. For complete details and remaining ticket information, please visit www.brianfallon.net/tour.
Produced by longtime collaborator Butch Walker (Green Day, Jesse Malin, Taylor Swift) at Walker’s studio just outside Nashville, Not Bad For New Jersey sees Fallon summoning up a frenetic collision of power pop and heartland rock, the perfect sonic counterpart to the hot-blooded sincerity that has driven his songwriting for close to three decades. The veteran rocker is joined by a number of very special guests, including The Killers’ Brandon Flowers, Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen, avant-garde guitar legend Marc Ribot (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Marianne Faithfull), and GRAMMY® Award-winning country luminary Lori McKenna. Tracked mostly live in a series of freewheeling sessions with Walker (who handled bass, piano, backing vocals, and more) and drummer Eric Slick (Dr. Dog, Robyn Hitchcock, Adrian Belew), highlights include such recently released singles as “Pearls,” “Not Bad for New Jersey,” and “Better Before,” all available everywhere now.
“From the beginning I knew I had to fully lean into the passion and lunacy of all these songs I felt inspired by – there wasn’t much room for subtlety,” says Fallon, citing Bryan Adams’ “Run to You” and The Police’s “Every Breath You Take” as key touchstones. “There was so much childlike joy in writing and recording all these songs. The whole album came together so naturally, with a level of creative fulfillment I hadn’t experienced in a very long time.”
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BRIAN FALLON & THE PAINKILLERS – LIVE 2026
SEPTEMBER
10 — Brooklyn, NY — Music Hall of Williamsburg ^ (SOLD OUT)
11 — Woodstock, NY — Levon Helm Studios ^
12 — Somerville, MA — The Center for Arts at the Armory ^ (MATINEE)
12 — Somerville, MA — The Center for Arts at the Armory ^ (SOLD OUT)
14 – Toronto, ON – Dine Alone *
14 — Toronto, ON — The Opera House ^
15 — Buffalo, NY — Town Ballroom #
16 — Pittsburgh, PA — Mr. Smalls Theatre #
18 — Detroit, MI — El Club #
19 – Chicago, IL – Riot Fest †
20 — Milwaukee, WI — The Rave Hall +
22 — Minneapolis, MN — Varsity Theater +
24 — Denver, CO — The Oriental Theater +
26 — Portland, OR — The Get Down +
27 – Seattle, WA – Easy Street Records *
27 — Seattle, WA — Neumos +
29 — San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop +
30 – Roseville, CA — Goldfield Trading Post +
OCTOBER
1 – Long Beach, CA – Fingerprints Music *
1 — Santa Ana, CA — The Observatory ‡
3 — San Diego, CA — The Casbah ‡ (MATINEE)
3 — San Diego, CA — The Casbah ‡ (SOLD OUT)
4 — Phoenix, AZ — Crescent Ballroom ‡
6 – Austin, TX – Waterloo Records *
6 — Austin, TX — Mohawk (Outdoor Stage) ‡
7 — Dallas, TX — Trees ‡
9 — Atlanta, GA — Center Stage (The Loft) ‡
10 — Carrboro, NC — Cat’s Cradle ‡
11 – Washington, DC – Byrdland Records *
11 — Washington, DC — Black Cat ‡
13 – Philadelphia, PA – Main Street Music *
13 — Philadelphia, PA — World Cafe Live (Music Hall) ‡ (SOLD OUT)
14 — Philadelphia, PA — World Cafe Live (Music Hall) ‡
NOVEMBER
2 — Cologne, DE — Live Music Hall §
3 — Munich, DE — Kesselhaus §
4 — Berlin, DE — Astra Kulturhaus §
6 — Hamburg, DE — Fabrik §
7 — Antwerp, BE — Trix Club §
8 — Amsterdam, NL — Paradiso §
10 — London, UK — O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire §
11 — Manchester, UK — Albert Hall §
13 — Dublin, IE — 3Olympia Theatre §
15 — Glasgow, UK — University of Glasgow (Queen Margaret Union) §
* In-Store Performance and Album Signing Session
^ w/ Special Guest Dave Hause
# w/ Special Guest Donovan Woods
† Festival Appearance
+ w/ Special Guest Ben Nichols
‡ w/ Special Guest Tim Barry
§ w/ Special Guest Chris Farren
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BRIAN FALLON
NOT BAD FOR NEW JERSEY
(Lesser Known Records)
TRACKLIST:
Not Bad for New Jersey
Better Before
Pearls
The Big Sleep (feat. Donovan Woods)
On Good Terms (feat. Lori McKenna)
Nobody Likes You in NYC
Love at the End of the World (feat. Brandon Flowers)
Somewhere You Shouldn’t Be (feat. Phil Collen)
Fading on Me
Walkin’ Through the Garden
Wolf by the River (feat. Marc Ribot)
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ABOUT BRIAN FALLON:
Brian Fallon is known far and wide for his elemental gifts as a songwriter, musician, and storyteller, including four acclaimed solo albums and his role as founding member and frontman of The Gaslight Anthem. Over the course of nearly three decades, the New Jersey-based artist has crafted a constantly evolving body of work, booming with insistent imagery, defiant romanticism, and an extraordinary emotional acuity that has marked all variations of his music from the very start. 2023 saw The Gaslight Anthem return from a long hiatus with History Books, their sixth full-length album and first new studio LP in nine years. The much-beloved band marked the acclaimed album with an epic tour schedule that saw sold-out headline dates and show-stopping festival performances around the world, confirming their ongoing place among the top ranks of American rock ‘n’ roll bands.
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