The Gaslight Anthem Release “Handwritten” Video – A 12″ Record’s Emotional Journey

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Courtesy EMI

Courtesy EMI

In sync with today’s album release, The Gaslight Anthem‘s latest music video made it’s U.S. debut.

In the video for “Handwritten,” the album’s title track, the New Jersey-based rockers tell the emotional tale of a record’s journey from owner to the next. The viewer follows along as the record is conceived, purchased and traded until its unlikely return to the musician who created it.

Shot like a short film, “Handwritten” is speculated to have an alternate meaning. One YouTube viewer Filmaker93 commented, “I think its meant to symbolize that there’s a lot more romance and mystery if you get music on vinyl rather than download it. I do both but I do love picking up second-hand vinyl and imagining the journey it had to get inside that old box in the backroom of a sleepy antiques store where I found it…”

Handwritten is now available everywhere in Delux and Standard downloads as well as 12″ LP, Super Delux and El Jefe vinyl packages.

–Jay Tilles, CBS Local

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