The Hold Steady "Almost Killed Me" Christmas 2024 and Josh Neumann (strings) all

and Josh Neumann (strings) all appear on the album

Originally formed in 1997

The Innocents (1988)

It's a reinvention of sorts

Big Thief spent 5 months in creation and came out with 45 completed songs

The Hold Steady "Almost Killed Me" Christmas 2024 and Josh Neumann (strings) allAfter Lifter Puller, the long running indie rock band he fronted, broke up, Craig Finn took his vocal declarations and lyrical twists and started the Hold Steady. He was joined by old bandmate Tad Kubler on lead guitar plus a crew of hard rocking, bar hopping dudes intent on taking the rambling indie rock of Lifter Puller and replacing it with scuffed up AOR and swaggering hard rock. Their 2004 debut album, Almost Killed Me, sounds like the E Street