Sleepwalkers

Son Lux finds transcendence on the eclectic Brighter Wounds, while Dashboard Confessional’s Crooked Shadows, though undoubtedly polished, is just… fine. These, plus Franz Ferdinand and The Gaslight Anthem’s Brian Fallon in this week’s notable new releases.

The Gaslight Anthem frontman returns with his second LP of Springsteen guitar rock worship.

Perhaps without even realizing it, Brian Fallon buries an interpretive key to his songs in the lyrics on his new solo album.

The soul- and R&B-heavy sophomore solo outing from the Gaslight Anthem frontman, Sleepwalkers builds on Brian Fallon's 2016 debut via a heartfelt rendering of familiar classic rock and blue-collar bar band devices that invokes River-era Bruce Springsteen.

Brian Fallon is charging forward with his solo career, not content to repeat himself — at least, not consciously. While his debut, Painkille...