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Former Lifter Puller vocalist Craig Finn and bassist Tad Kubler now on lead guitar are now ably backed by Galin Polivka and Judd Counsell, and their collective spew is awfully impressive: Earnest without being sentimental, and authentic without sounding contrived, The Hold Steady are one of the most convincing rock bands to emerge in recent years, a can-crushing throwdown of unadulterated aggression and ear-splitting amps. And they rock without repent. Finn's lyrics and delivery are the crux of The Hold Steady, skewering whole characters and lifestyles with unapologetic aplomb.

Boasting all the seething, pent-up fervor of someone who's been talk-singing for nearly a decade, Finn expertly shoots his lyrical barbs like little arrows, knocking down and dismantling everything from recreational drugs and the tech boom to bartenders and jukebox codes, all in a familiar, half-smirking growl.

Without explicitly finger-pointing to disaffected Brooklynites, or pissing in his own backyard Finn and Kubler relocated to Brooklyn in , Finn inadvertently derides the kids in plastic bracelets and yellow leather armbands, swinging their arms to fleeting retro jams; obviously, it would be just as easy if not more so to counterattack Finn and friends for equally absurd purist-posturing, but The Hold Steady are just so unbearably good at what they do-- and listeners are all inevitably persuaded that the only reasonable thing to do is throw your hair around and chug.

But Finn's glib repetitions can be ridiculously fun, given the preposterous amount of genuinely clever bits streaming out of his mouth. And, like any good bar buddy, Finn always buys your next drink. The last-chance desperation and burning desire bleed out through the grooves and it's impossible not to get swept up in the flood right along with them. AllMusic relies heavily on JavaScript.

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