Sunday, July 27, 2008

THE HOLD STEADY (London HMV Oxford Street, 14/07/08)

A fun, forty minute instore street from the best purveyors of literate bar-room blues since Springsteen, although it's obvious that two years of solid touring have taken their toil on Craig Finn and co. Drawing exclusively from material from brand new album Stay Positive, I can't say they've changed much from previous albums- if you didn't like the energetic odes to drunken nights out that comprised their prior output, you sure won't like this. A couple of duff tracks aside, the new LP sounds great with some guitar work that stands out amongst their best.

(Photo: John Gleeson)

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