The Hold Steady - The Price Of Progress - VINYL LP

Relentless since 1998, Death by Stereo has been a driving force for over 20 years, without a single break in touring and recording. From the opening riff of We're All Dying Just in Time, the band's seventh studio album, and first since returning to the tag where they first got their start, one can tell that the band has persevered they way they have by being themselves. The lyrics (which fights for, among others, educators) give hope to the band's home state; hope through rebellion, optimism through criticism, and strength through reflection. 'The current state of politics, specifically our current administration... The ideas were limitless; I had to consciously stop writing songs,' says frontman Efrem Schulz. Some punk bands offer no more than bumper sticker pop that is dressed up to look threatening while others have broken up only to get back together when convenient. Death by Stereo, for decades, have repeatedly destroyed definition by doing exactly what it is they want to do. Album Tracks 1. California Addition 2. Free Gun with Purchase 3. The Gift of Attack 4. Mass Self Destruct 5. Straight from the Inside 6. I Sing for You 7. An End to Sensation 8. Choose a Side or Open Wide 9. 300 Tribes 10. We Sing, They Die

Stay Positive is the fourth studio album by The Hold Steady, originally released in 2008. Album Tracks 1. Constructive Summer 2. Sequestered in Memphis 3. One for the Cutters 1. Navy Sheets 2. Yeah Sapphire 3. Lord, I'm Discouraged 1. Both Crosses 2. Stay Positive 3. Joke About Jamaica 1. Ask Her for Adderall 2. Magazines 3. Slapped Actress

We recorded Open Door Policy in two different sessions in the back half of 2019. Once again we teamed with producer Josh Kaufman and engineer Dan Goodwin, this time at the Clubhouse studio in upstate NY. Our intention was to create an album that worked as a grand piece, rather than a collection of songs. 2019 was an active year for The Hold Steady - our writing was consistent, and new songs were coming in pretty regularly. The recording process was creative, open and fun. We were pretty much done with the record by the time we played a few of the new songs in London the first week of March 2020, as the unease of the pandemic was setting in. Not long after we got back from London, NYC shut down and we began to see our 2020 shows postponed. Over the next months, it became obvious that timing this album's to specific weekend celebrations wouldn't be a possibility in the near future. But we were still excited to share it. InchThe songs on Open Door Policy are about power, wealth, and mental health. They're about technology, occupation, consumerism, freedom, fandom and escape. And although the album was written and recorded in 2019, the themes of this record seem to be underscored and highlighted by this year of virus and quarantine.Inch - Craig Finn Album Tracks 1. The Feelers 2. Spices 3. Lanyards 4. Family Farm 5. Unpleasant Breakfast 6. Heavy Covenant 7. The Prior Procedure 8. Riptown 9. Me & Magdalena 10. Hanover Camera