Separation Sunday

...Lifter Puller, The Hold Steady released Almost Killed Me in 2004. Bolstered by an ambitious tour schedule, 2005's Separation Sunday further boosted the group's profile. A loose concept album, Separation Sunday concerns itself mostly with a...

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...precisely Springsteen's. The lyrics on the band's second album, "Separation Sunday," are artier and more obscure, full of druggie lore, religious references and call-outs to noted authors -- "Hey William Butler Yeats!" -- and outfitted with...

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...first Hold Steady album to address themes of religion and spirituality. Separation Sunday, the band's second record, was "I guess a prodigal-daughter story," Finn says. It was about "a girl who grew up in a religious background and goes off...

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...Brooklyn band called The Hold Steady. Separation Sunday had just been released, and while the Internet wouldn't shut up about it and Mac's was a quick drive from my college apartment, I opted out. Two years later, I popped a promo copy of...

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The Hold Steady The three albums this Brooklyn classic-rock quintet have issued since 2004 ("The Hold Steady Almost Killed Me," "Separation Sunday" and "Boys and Girls in America") are as strong as any body of work this decade, and...

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...America, and then again in "Ask Her For Adderall", a bonus track from Stay Positive.) Separation Sunday is lyrically dense, full of Biblical allusions, intertextual and self references (e.g., in "Don't Let Me Explode," when Holly is asked...

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...full effect for weeks leading to the latter album's release. On the other hand, "Boys and Girls" doesn't really match up to "Separation Sunday" or its predecessor, "Almost Killed Me." Still, singer/ranter Craig Finn remains unmatched when it...

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..."Separate Vacations," "Going on a Hike" and "Heaven is Whenever"). Separation Sunday co-producer Dean Baltulonis will be working with the band on their fifth album . In an interview with Pitchfork Media, Craig Finn outlined the band's...

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...this hard on the song. I could've just gone in and whistled'." The thing I start to understand after spending an afternoon with the Hold Steady is that these guys are thrilled by their good luck, by the way their just-for-fun band has...

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