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?
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  1. zmanApril 7, 2014 at 9:38 AM

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

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  2. DaveApril 7, 2014 at 10:29 AM

    i will have to check out a video . . .

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  3. DaveApril 7, 2014 at 10:30 AM

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

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  4. LeckyApril 7, 2014 at 12:53 PM

    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

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  5. ClarenceApril 7, 2014 at 3:38 PM

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

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  6. DaveApril 7, 2014 at 4:34 PM

    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 . . .

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  7. ClarenceApril 7, 2014 at 8:14 PM

    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.

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  8. zmanApril 7, 2014 at 9:07 PM

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

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  9. sabine bartholdtApril 7, 2014 at 10:02 PM

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

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