- Breakthrough Hit: The '59 Sound, both the album and title track.
- Creator's Favorite Episode:
- Brian Fallon considers Handwritten to be his favorite album of the ones they've recorded.
- In terms of individual songs, "The Backseat" is a big favorite of the band. Bassist Alex Levine considers it his favorite song that the band ever wrote.
- Magnum Opus Dissonance: Within their catalog, The '59 Sound looms large. But as mentioned above, Handwritten is considered the band's favorite album and the one where they came into their own away from their big influences.
- Promoted Fanboy: Lead singer Brian Fallon got to sing "No Surrender" onstage with Bruce Springsteen. The sheer delight on his face is wonderful.
- Bruce even came onstage with them to perform "The '59 Sound" when the two acts were in London
for a music festival. As one YouTube comment put it: "Can you imagine being a young band, coming up, and having the fucking Boss tell you that he thinks your band is great? Never mind fucking playing with you. Holy shit."
- Bruce even came onstage with them to perform "The '59 Sound" when the two acts were in London
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