Name: Stay Positive
Brand: The Hold Steady

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Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH

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2019-02-15

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405053846701

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The Hold Steady

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BMG Rights Management

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Alternative / Modern

The Hold Steady is an American indie rock band that was formed in 2003 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Currently based in Brooklyn, New York, the band consists of Craig Finn on vocals and guitar, Tad Kubler on lead guitar, Galen Polivka on bass, Franz Nicolay on keyboards, Bobby Drake on drums, and Steve Selvidge on guitar.
Known for their energetic live performances and unique storytelling lyrics, The Hold Steady has gained a dedicated fanbase over the years. Their music blends elements of punk rock with classic rock influences to create a sound that is both nostalgic and fresh.
With their catchy hooks and anthemic choruses, The Hold Steady's songs often explore themes of youth culture, love, religion, and redemption. Their albums have received critical acclaim and they continue to tour extensively around the world.

BMG Rights Management is a multinational label that was established as a joint venture between Bertelsmann AG and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. It operates under the name BMG Chrysalis in the USA, UK, and Sweden, following its acquisition of Chrysalis plc. In 2012, Bertelsmann bought out Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.'s share of the company after an unsuccessful attempt to acquire EMI's recorded-music assets. While BMG Rights Management is the successor of the original Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG), it has undergone significant changes and now operates independently with no connection to its former incarnation.

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limited cd with special packaging and 3 secret bonus tracks. the hold steady's ascent and eventual breakthrough with 2006's 'boys and girls in america' was never pre-ordained. if anything they did it without the tastemakers' consent. their shtick is old-fashioned through and through, beginning with thin lizzy and ending with bruce springsteen, performed by men advanced enough to have experienced those touchstones first or second hand. and look at them - not exactly the strokes, are they? but it was precisely their enthusiastic unoriginality, the fact that the cliches were piled on so thick and so fast, that they triumphed. and placed next to that unapologetically feel good record, that 'stay positive' sounds so immediately brighter and more muscular is undoubtedly a great sign. production is really cranked up - see the horns wedged into 'sequestered in memphis', the rem mandolin texturing of 'both crosses' and the surprising harpsichord flagrancy of 'one for the cutters'. they're clearly determined to not be so easily pegged this time around, though admittedly they never exactly go that far off-piste. "our songs are sing-along songs," announced craig finn semi-helpfully, and though the spirit is right, with such a conversational lyrical style that is rarely the case. it's more about the rock gestures and knowing when to punch the air. and there are instances aplenty, from the pete townsend-esque windmill power-chords in 'constructive summer', to the overblown solo in 'lord i'm discouraged' that is so 'november rain'. on rough trade.

Stay Positive

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