Debut album from ex-Lifter Puller Craig Finn's new band, The Hold Steady. Here, Finn provides a stream-of-conscious vocal line -- always honest, always brutal -- over a ragged b, late of '70s rock. (Finn's delivery sounds a little like Lou Reed a la "New York.") The Hold Steady dishes out straight up rock 'n' roll that is, dare we say, almost rousing. "The Hold Steady is a bar band out to erase the memory of electroclash and wake up somnambulant hipsters dancing to minimal German DJ's wearing electrical ta...   [ read more ]

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The much anticipated and critically lauded fourth album from The Hold Steady! "We kick off this record with 'Constructive Summer', a driving song about trying harder. 'Navy Sheets' features a guest harmony vocal by Patterson Hood from the Drive-By Truckers, who have been a modern day inspiration to us. 'Both Crosses' was a live in the studio experiment that ended up working. The record ends with 'Slapped Actress', which combines a mammoth Tad Kubler riff with a lyric inspired by the John Cassavetes movie O...   [ read more ]

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DOUBLE VINYL FORMAT! Vinyl version contains the bonus track "Aderall." The much anticipated and critically lauded fourth album from The Hold Steady! "We kick off this record with 'Constructive Summer', a driving song about trying harder. 'Navy Sheets' features a guest harmony vocal by Patterson Hood from the Drive-By Truckers, who have been a modern day inspiration to us. 'Both Crosses' was a live in the studio experiment that ended up working. The record ends with 'Slapped Actress', which combines a mammo...   [ read more ]

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