Gaslight Anthem writes own story on 'Handwritten'

The guys in The Gaslight Anthem aren’t here to save rock ‘n’ roll.

“Handwritten,” the much-anticipated new release from the New Jersey quartet (a fifth member, guitarist Ian Perkins, tours with the band), has a lot of high hopes pinned to it. The band is seen by many as one of guitar-driven rock’s potential latter-day heroes, and the guys in the group say they hear that kind of crazy chatter all the time.