Yes, apparently I’m still doing these previews of a year that’s a third of the way through, since the other week Springsteen-aping rockers The Hold Steady announced details of their fourth (!) album, Stay Positive, which is due for release in July.
Tracklisting
- Constructive Summer
- Sequestered in Memphis
- One for the Cutters
- Navy Sheets
- Lord, I’m Discouraged
- Yeah Sapphire
- Both Crosses
- Stay Positive
- Magazines
- Joke About Jamaica
- Slapped Actress
A bootleg of the title track, recorded during the band’s time supporting Art Brut last year) has been doing the rounds for a while; it sounds a lot less joyous and celebratory as the group’s last release, Boys and Girls in America, being much more darker, abrsaive and punky. Odd, yet enjoyable.
Download “Stay Positive” live @ Toad’s Place, Richmond
[...] previewing new album Stay Positive. The song, somewhat disappointingly, doesn’t take the almost post-punk sound of the album’s title track; instead, it’s back to classic Springsteen-esque 70s rock. Piano and clap-chant-sing-a-long, [...]