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17 June 2008

Stay Positive Hey, if you're into this sort of thing, The Hold Steady are streaming their new album on their MySpace page. [More:]

I'm somewhat conflicted, having heard about half of it: the band sound great, but Craig Finn really needs to branch out, lyrically speaking. Is he teetering on the edge of self-parody, or has he gone all the way over to the other side? All I know is, I don't want him to bark "Ybor City" in any more songs. Things get druggy, and then they get ugly. We get it.
When the first Hold Steady came out I was concerned that maybe he had already taken his approach to it's logical conclusion in Lifter Puller. But then I ended up loving that damn record. And when the second Hold Stready came out, I wasn't so up on it since it seemed like he had already been there before. But I ended up loving it too. I'm expecting the same thing happen to this time as well. At least I hope so. I'll be bummed if Hold Steady puts out a record that deosn't excite me (at least down the road).
posted by Slack-a-gogo 17 June | 22:35
How the hell did "deosn't" get past spellchecker?

Also, thanks for the heads up bmarkey - I'll start my morning off with this tomorrow.
posted by Slack-a-gogo 17 June | 22:36
The spellchecker is dead.

Holly can tell it what a resurrection really feels like, though.

I mock, but I do still like them; I'm just experiencing diminishing returns.
posted by bmarkey 17 June | 22:41
I like the Hold Steady.
posted by Miko 17 June | 23:10
I do too, Miko. They have a really good sound. As I say, though, I think Finn has mined the "fucked-up (in both senses) youth" vein to just about the point of exhaustion. Mine, anyway.
posted by bmarkey 17 June | 23:16
Maybe so - I don't think so hard about it. I just like how they sound like Thin Lizzy - it makes me comfortably nostalgic.
posted by Miko 18 June | 00:01
The album leaked about a month ago and it's amazing. I love it - it's the best thing they've done.
posted by Specklet 18 June | 00:27
Dammit - I was logged in as Specklet again!
posted by TheDonF 18 June | 02:55
Is this swapping some roleplay thing?
posted by ethylene 18 June | 03:02
I want to see a Hold Steady/Drive-By Truckers double bill. They seem to occupy the same spectrum musically and thematically.
posted by BitterOldPunk 18 June | 08:54
DIE LAKERS DIE!!! || and so the sun sets

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