Jun
13
2009
Some great Rock n’ Roll. The Hold Steady- Stay Positive
This is a great rock and roll album. I haven’t found anything like this in ages, good straightforward (on the face of it) noisy rock and roll. But not dumb rock and roll. The Hold Steady tell stories of drugs, booze and partying, having fun and the consequences.
Musically there are plenty of guitars, a keyboard that can played at a pretty frenetic pace and the drums driving through. They can change pace through a song, there is a lot more to this than a lot of ‘rock’ out there. They can settle back into anthemic choruses, and bring back it to a smaller sound when it is appropriate. The next song can be a lot of a smaller and intimate song, but with a bit of a punch underneath to maintain some strength.