The Hold Steady prep Stay Positive
After months of recording and other shenanigans, The Hold Steady have officially completed their followup to 2006’s Boys and Girls in America. Stay Positive, the Brooklyn based band’s fourth studio album, will be released on July 15 via Vagrant Records.
Written on the road and recorded in New York and New Jersey, the 11 new tracks feature “more dynamics, different instrumentation, more complex arrangements, and not always hiding behind raw volume,” lead singer Craig Finn said in a statement. That “different instrumentation” includes doses of banjo, talk box and harpsichord, undoubtedly in addition to the band’s long-beloved sonic combination of accordion, guitars and beer.
Of the 11 tracks included on the album, see full tracklist below, songs like “Sequestered in Memphis” and “Lord, I’m Discouraged” have been performed live in recent months.
The Hold Steady - “Sequestered in Memphis”
Stay Positive Tracklist:
01 Constructive Summer
02 Sequestered in Memphis
03 One for the Cutters
04 Navy Sheets
05 Lord, I’m Discouraged
06 Yeah Sapphire
07 Both Crosses
08 Stay Positive
09 Magazines
10 Joke About Jamaica
11 Slapped Actress
In the meantime, The Hold Steady have a number of upcoming tour dates scheduled…
The Hold Steady 2008 Dates:
05-02 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall (Tribeca Film Festival)
05-07 - Middletown, CT @ Andrus Field
05-11 Rye, England @ ATP vs. Pitchfork Festival
05-13 - Dublin, Ireland @ Academy
05-14 - Belfast, Northern Ireland @ Spring and Airbrake
05-16 - Brighton, England @ The Great Escape
06-08 - Chula Vista, CA @ 94.9 Independence Jam
06-27 - Baltimore, MD @ Ram’s Head Live !
06-28 - Philadelphia, PA @ Paul Green School of Rock Music Festival
07-06 - London, England @ O2 Wireless Festival
07-08 - Liverpool, England @ Summer Pops
07-12 - Kinross, Scotland @ T in the Park Festival
07-19 - Chicago, IL @ Pitchfork Music Festival
07-26 - Seattle, WA @ Capitol Hill Block Party
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