He also assured his fans that the Horrible Crowes would be, in his words, a "for me" project and that he would continue to focus on the Gaslight Anthem.
A preview of the track "Black Betty and the Moon" from the upcoming album was posted on YouTube on June 21, 2011.
These songs are very dark; they're like hymns for lonely people, it’s really a trip through a breakdown and that descent into madness and hopefully redemption."
Fallon and Perkins will begin playing a limited number of shows in support of the album starting September 8.
[7] On December 2, 2011, "Huffington Post" blogger Jon Chattman named "Elsie" the #2 album of 2011.