![]() ![]() No, all in all, this was about as Just Another Hold Steady Show as they come. And it’s hard to consider this a victory lap tour when it comes on the heels of the band’s only truly underwhelming effort to date, Heaven is Whenever. The Hold Steady has nothing to promote in fact, the only thing on its horizon is the ominous solo LP from Finn. I don’t know how Finn does it night after night, especially on one, like this, of zero significance. His arms flail at his sides a penguin trying in vein to take flight. His hands gesture recklessly, like those of an overexcited friend who can’t get through a story fast enough. A mischievous grin stretches across his soft face. ![]() You have to think it would take a toll on the band that it would slowly grind out its initial enthusiasm.īut watching Craig Finn at 9:30 Club on Thursday, he still makes it feel like its the first time. Seven years have passed since the Hold Steady’s gut punch of a debut, Almost Killed Me.
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