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The Hold Steady announce new album and UK tour dates 23/02/10 in The Hold Steady
“Listening again to everything The Hold Steady recorded. Is this the greatest American band now? They just got me through a rough month.” – BRETT EASTON ELLIS, Twitter Nov 2009
The Hold Steady are rightly lauded by fans, critics and other creative minds for the scope, depth, truth and heart that they bring to chronicling the American rock myth. And for just plain rocking out loud. They have recently put the finishing touches on Heaven Is Whenever their new album set for release May 3 on Rough Trade in the UK (and May 4 in the USA on Vagrant Records.)
The album was produced by Dean Baltulonis, who engineered the band’s debut Almost Killed Me and produced their second album Separation Sunday. Heaven Is Whenever was recorded at Dreamland Recording Studios in upstate NY and Wild Arctic Studios in Queens, NY, with mixing also happening at Wild Arctic.
Singer Craig Finn says Heaven Is Whenever is about “embracing suffering and finding reward in our everyday lives”. Piano and keys, though still present, take a backseat to guitar on the new record, which also gets production help from lead guitarist Tad Kubler.
Recorded in several smaller sessions spread out over a long period of time, the songs on Heaven Is Whenever received the benefit of being road-tested on the band’s recent tours including the UK shows last September. As Finn says this allowed them to “see what was working and what wasn’t. I believe this record benefits from us working at a more deliberate pace.”
Following the release of 2008’s critically acclaimed Stay Positive which gave the band it’s highest Billboard chart position to date, and a Top 15 album in the UK, The Hold Steady toured relentlessly, playing to some of their biggest audiences to date.
The Hold Steady is: Craig Finn, Tad Kubler, Galen Polivka and Bobby Drake.
Heaven Is Whenever tracklisting:
1. The Sweet Part Of The City
2. Soft In The Center
3. The Weekenders
4. The Smidge
5. Rock Problems
6. We Can Get Together
7. Hurricane
8. Barely Breathing
9. Our Whole Lives
10. A Slight Discomfort
The Hold Steady Confirmed European tour dates:
Sat June 12th – Isle of Wright Festival, Newport, UK
Mon Jun 14 – Fleche D’Or, Paris, FR
Mon Jun 21 – Melkveg, Amsterdam, NL
Tue Jun 22 – HMV Forum
, London, UK
Sat Jun 26 – Academy 2
, Manchester, UK
Hold Steady are turgid crap. Loud guitars and schoolboy lyrics, oh wow…now if they were 18 that’s ok. But they’re more like 48.
— Richard Jones · 24/02/10 06:20 PM · #
The Hold Steady are the finest rock and roll band on the planet right now. They are one of those few really special bands that hit the head and the heart. I’m more like 48, but they make me feel like I’m 18.
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