The Hold Steady Holds Steady

I like The Hold Steady and I hope you like The Hold Steady, but their new album Teeth Dreams sounds like one giant super-long Hold Steady song . . . can a band sound too much like itself?

9 comments:

zman said...

No band has a more awkward stage presence than The Hold Steady.

Dave said...

i will have to check out a video . . .

Dave said...

wow -- you are correct. they do not look anything like the way i imagined they looked . ..

Lecky said...

DP - I'm thinking about seeing them at the Stone Pony (outdoor stage) on June 27, let me know if you're interested. w/ Drive by Truckers. I'm not 100%, headed to outer banks that weekend but if there is interest I can do a hungover car ride the next day for 8 hrs with three kids in the name of rock

Clarence said...

Craig Finn, the Hold Steady's lead singer, looks and acts like Bryan Spurrier. He doesn't sound like him.

Dave said...

that's what's weird -- the sound coming out of his mouth sounds nothing like the way he looks.

lecky, i would love to go to that show -- the drive by truckers are awesome -- but we're taking off cross country that morning . . .

Clarence said...

Leck, let's keep talking -- might be able to pull that off. Saw the same two bands co-headline in Raleigh 5 years ago. Fantastic.

zman said...

I caught that tour in Boston. DBT's album at the time was Brighter Than Creation's Dark, which means they kicked ass.

sabine bartholdt said...

Love the band! Glad you do too! They make me feel young and stupid!

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