Northern Wish Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 The new album "Stay Positive" drops today across North America. I know myself and loads of people have web accessed versions, but get out and support these guys with your $12.99 (Best Buy).You will be glad you did...... From NYMag:If you know anything about the Hold Steady, the indie-rock hybrid with one foot in Minneapolis and one in Brooklyn, you know that many of their songs are about drugs and alcohol and partying as those things might be experienced by a practicing Catholic. And so you might expect me, when I show up at the Pencil Factory in Greenpoint, to find the front man, Craig Finn, finishing off sixteen shots of turpentine in nostalgic celebration of his favorite birthday, and Tad Kubler, the lead guitarist, doing lines in the bathroom. You might expect to find pimps beating up black-eyed whores while the whores dance and recite half-remembered lines from Revelation and pregnant chicks bullying me into smoking cigarettes with them.In fact, I do find Kubler at the bar, but he’s drinking a mild greyhound. It isn’t quite the traditional cocktail hour, so he seems apologetic. “A lot has been made of our lifestyle,†he says preemptively, “but it’s blown a little out of proportion.†Finn comes straight from the airport wearing a new Twins cap and looking a bit defeated by an encounter with modern American air travel. “How was your flight?†Kubler asks him.Finn shrugs. “Fine once it left. Only an hour late.â€Don’t confuse these guys with their characters.Finn and Kubler are consummate professionals who have built their reputations on dissipation and debauchery. They started the Hold Steady to play the kind of rock and roll they loved at a time when a very different sound dominated the scene. Their music is loud, raucous, and fun, but the stories they tell ache of desperation and loneliness. Their broad anthems are about small-bit players. And their sound, which is hard to pin down, confused by some for indie punk and by others for arena rock, obscures the universality of their appeal. Yay!TST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewRider Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 HOOOORAAAYYY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewRider Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 Not sure if it was already mentioned as I've been away for a week or so but the boys are on Letterman tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 Saw them at McCarron Pool in Brooklyn the other week and they ROCKED. It was pooooouuuuring rain. I swear the pool almost filled up. Awesome show though! I'm liking this new album lots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted July 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 Some copies available from online retailers also feature 3 bonus tracks as with all of their previous releases, but this is the first album with the bonus tracks available on a North American release. Thankfully because the Aussie versions run about $30........Sps. M every time you post you make me jealous. Shit that would have been awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 I just picked it up at HMV ($14.99). I wanted to buy it at Compact Music but they didn't get it in.Anyway, it's kind of weird that the 3 bonus songs are all one one track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmelbatoast Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 It's a really good record. It's the first record I've bought this year from a band I already liked that didn't have a noticeable drop-off in quality.(DBT, MMJ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 bump for neil young and the hold steadyrock and roll, pholks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 I'm glad I decided to stop listening to the pre-release about a month before it officially came out because I am loving this album all over again.We are the theatreThey are the people - dressed up to be seatedLookin' upwards and dreamin'We're the projectorsWe're hosting the screeningWe're dust in the spotlightsWe're just kinda floating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottieking Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 It's the first record I've bought this year from a band I already liked that didn't have a noticeable drop-off in quality.(DBT, MMJ)Really? MMJ? That album is rock solid and a naturally progression from Z I thought."It's one thing to start it with a positive jam and it's another thing to see it all through..." Check! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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