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    SWEET AS HONEY

    May 21, 2020 5 minutes
    WORDS BY MATT DORIA.
    PHOTO BY
    KELSEY HUNTER AYRES
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    As the old adage goes, you either die a punk or live long enough to see yourself release a folk album. Though the roots of folk and country have always planted themselves throughout Brian Fallon’s discography – most notably when he was the frontman of heartland heroes The Gaslight Anthem – the 40-year-old New Jersian has officially made the crossover into fingerpicking singer-songwriter territory with Local Honey, his third solo album and a blindingly beautiful compilation of introspective reveries.

    A mostly lowkey affair, Local Honey showcases Fallon at his rawest and most vulnerable; he has nowhere to hide with his emotional fervour, he can’t bury a feeling in an onslaught of riffs or shake off his worries in a breakdown. The music is resoundingly mature

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