FIrst Impressions & Rock 'n' Roll Problems

For the few that read my old blog, only Brian Fallon knows why you stuck with me this long and for the new readers, hopefully you'll have enough patience and staying power to read more than one post. My last blog (bnos) focused on music rarities that I felt needed to be shared with the world. That's all fine and dandy but this one's going to be different. Sure, my main focus will still be music and sure, I'll still go off on rants and tangents but now I won't be confined to talking about just rarities. If this blog were my world, it'd be my oyster. Hopefully I won't get sick of the smell like the last one and the world won't end.

Now that introductions and explanations are taken care of, I'd like to take the time to say that I really love the Hold Steady and their amazing new album just brought that love to heights few have known. If I was Sting, I'd be singing "Every Breathe You Take" to the Hold Steady's new album. That's right, I stalk that shit. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love their old music but the main reason I listened before was of the piano and with the departure of Franz Nicolay (their piano player/multi-instramentalist) I was convinced I would hate this album. I will never doubt this band again. There isn't a song I don't like and it fits together perfectly. The album is called Heaven Is Whenever and I highly recommend checking it out if you haven't already. Oh, and if this album gets better with time, Craig Finn may have a new stalker fan on his hands. Here's a song from the album to give you a taste and a video of their appearance on the Colbert Report.

The Hold Steady - The Sweet Part of the City by stucky

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