The Hold Steady
Stay Positive
Label: Vagrant Records
The Hold Steady broke big with 2006's much loved Boys and Girls in America. But boys and girls can't stay young forever. And so, on Stay Positive, the Hold Steady's ace songwriter, Craig Finn, takes up themes of growing old and the grace that may or may not accompany the process. In the face of it all, Finn suggests you do just as the album title says. Want more maturity? Stay Positive reportedly finds the Hold Steady expanding into new instrumentation, such as the harpsichord.
The album's songs were fleshed out during touring for Boys and Girls, then recorded and mixed in various Greater New York City locales. Finn references indie-rock history to sum up the album: "A great American philosopher named D. Boon once said 'Our band could be your life.' But 'your life could be our band' is also a true statement. I know this because we have lived it. These are our lives. These are your lives. This is our fourth record."
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Band: http://www.theholdsteady.com
Label: http://www.vagrant.com
| 1 | Constructive Summer | |
| 2 | Sequestered in Memphis | |
| 3 | One for the Cutters | |
| 4 | Navy Sheets | |
| 5 | Lord, I m Discouraged | |
| 6 | Yeah Sapphire | |
| 7 | Both Crosses | |
| 8 | Stay Positive | |
| 9 | Magazines | |
| 10 | Joke About Jamaica | |
| 11 | Slapped Actress |
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