The Hold Steady have announced a new album. The Price of Progress arrives March 31 via the band’s Positive Jams label and Thirty Tigers and is led by the single “Sideways Skull.” The band, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary, will also hit the road starting January 28 in Brooklyn, New York, for a series of special event concerts. See the tour dates, tracklist, and cover art and listen to “Sideways Skull” below.
The Price of Progress is the follow-up to 2021’s Open Door Policy. The band recorded its ninth LP in Rhinebeck, New York, with production by Bonny Light Horseman’s Josh Kaufman and mixing by D. James Goodwin. “These are some of the most cinematic songs in the Hold Steady catalog, and the record was a joy to make,” vocalist and guitarist Craig Finn wrote in a statement. “I feel like we went somewhere we haven’t before, which is a very exciting thing for a band that is two decades into our career.”
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The Price of Progress:
01 Grand Junction
02 Sideways Skull
03 Carlos Is Crying
04 Understudies
05 Sixers
06 The Birdwatchers
07 City at Eleven
08 Perdido
09 Distortions of Faith
10 Flyover Halftime
The Hold Steady:
01-28 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg *
02-02 Baltimore, MD – Ottobar ^
02-03 Washington, D.C. – Black Cat ^
02-04 Philadelphia, PA – Brooklyn Bowl ^
03-10 London, England – Electric Ballroom
03-11 London, England – Electric Ballroom
03-12 London, England – Colours Hoxton
05-12 New York, NY – WFUV Highline Bash
06-30 Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed @!
07-01 Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed @!
07-02 Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle
11-29-30 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Bowl
12-1-2 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Bowl
* with Two Dark Birds
^ with Friendship
@ with the Mountain Goats
! with Dillinger Four
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