Elsie is the debut studio album by The Horrible Crowes, a Gaslight Anthem side-project made up of Ian Perkins and Gaslight Anthem founder Brian Fallon.[1] It was released on September 6, 2011, through SideOneDummy Records.[2]
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Elsie’s lead single, “Behold the Hurricane,” was released July 19, 2011.[3]
Elsie received mostly positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, the album has an average score of 76 out of 100, which indicates “generally favorable reviews” based on 15 reviews.[4]
Andrew Leahey of AllMusic rated the album four out of five stars with this comment: “Elsie functions best as a display of Fallon’s underused bottom register and acoustic songwriting skills, proving that slowing things down once in a while can still be a punk rock move.”[6] Writing for Alternative Press, Scott Heisel writes Elsie is “better than just about everything the Gaslight Anthem have done to date. Perfect for night drives on long, winding roads.”[7]
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