Claim: While working on the album American Slang, Brian Fallon was also working with good friend Ian Perkins on his band's side project, The Horrible Crowes, and Fallon's band, The Gaslight Group, announced via Facebook on October 6, 2011 that they had signed with Mercury Records.
Evidence: American Slang is the third studio album by New Jersey–based rock group The Gaslight Anthem. He is also a member of the duo the Horrible Crowes alongside the Gaslight Anthem's guitar technician and touring guitarist, Ian Perkins. On October 6, 2011, the Gaslight Anthem announced via Facebook that they had signed with Mercury Records.