Time to make it all official: the photographed, named, and previewed new Hold Steady album has a release date, and if you know how to read post titles and are American, you are all set. (British folks, it’s actually 14/7 for you.) Since their last one took home the Gummy for Best Album 2006, we figure a few of you might already be scribbling notes on your iCal. Craig seems more than positive about the whole thing; he’s sounding absolutely communal. From Finn:
Possibly the most exciting aspect of our band is the community of fans that have followed us around the country. In talking to them, we have found that no matter their ages, they are so much like us as people, that they seem at times an extension of the music. A great American philosopher named D. Boon once said “Our band could be your life.” I think that is true. But “Your Life could be Our Band” is also a true statement. I know this because we have lived it. These are our lives. These are your lives.
It’s like the Hold Steady are the Grateful Dead, just with more Bud and less … bud. Ample goodies for you below: tracklist, tour dates, and if you missed it last time, the band staying “Positive,” live.
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”
Here’s what the title track’s like in the flesh:
Stay Positive is out 7/14 in the UK via Rough Trade and 7/15 in the US via Vagrant.
05/02 – New York, NY -@ Webster Hall (Tribeca Film Festival)
05/07 – Middletown, CT @ Andrus Field (students only)
05/11 – Rye, England @ Camber Sands Holiday Centre (ATP vs. P4K Fest)
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 @ Festival Pier (School of Rock Fest)
07/06 – London, England @ Hyde Park (O2 Wireless Festival)
07/08 – Liverpool, England @ Echo Arena (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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Psst . . .. it’s JULY 15th
blurgh — fixed, thanks lou.
Shouldn’t that be “british folks, it’s 14/7 for you?”
/pedant
ha. fair play.
i can’t think of a band I hate more than these guys.
fuck you
and i mean that in the absolute most sincere way possible
the hold steady own you
Where is “Ask Her For The Adderol”? Doe sit have a new name? That song is awesome
Isn’t it actually 14/6 for british people?
bet you guys feel stupid for thinking it was “Joke About Dyer’Maker” http://stereogum.com/archives/video/new-live-hold-steady-lord-im-discouraged_007025.html n00bs.
yeah i’m sure http://minneapolisfuckingrocks.blogspot.com/2007/11/new-hold-steady-lord-im-discouraged.html
feels really stupid for confusing homophones
THS @ McCarren Park!
“Our band could be your life,” is Mike Watt’s line. (Though, yes, D. Boon sang it.)
I’m a huge fan, but their show @ Webster Hall the other night sucked. It was short and and they didn’t play anything new and it felt very going through the motions (and wasn’t helped by all the corporate Target branding). Disappointing.
Seriously…you can’t think of a band you hate more….wow, why even post on this subject…you fuck-tard.