The Hold Steady have announced the release of their ninth studio album, The Price of Progress. It will be available on the band’s Positive Jams label via Thirty Tigers on 31st March 2023. It will be available digitally as well as on CD and a number of different vinyl pressings: standard black vinyl, translucent green-coloured vinyl (band store), metallic gold (indie retail), metallic silver (Vinyl Me, Please), and white (Rough Trade).
The album tracklisting is as follows:
1. Grand Junction
2. Sideways Skull
3. Carlos Is Crying
4. Understudies
5. Sixers
6. The Birdwatchers
7. City At Eleven
8. Perdido
9. Distortions of Faith
10. Flyover Halftime
The first song, ‘Sideways Skull’, is available to download and stream now.
‘Sideways Skull is a rocking song about rock and rollers,” explains frontman Craig Finn. “In this case, they’ve been taken out of the game for a bit of rest, but still keep their dreams alive as they discuss past glories. We loved the big sound of this when Tad Kubler brought it into the band, and the studio performance of it felt especially joyful. We’re happy to put this forth as a first look at The Price of Progress, and the album’s title even comes from this song.‘
The track can be heard below:
The band will be playing three dates in London.
MARCH
10 – The Weekender at Electric Ballroom, London, UK
11 – The Weekender at Electric Ballroom, London, UK
12 – Colours Hoxton, London, UK (SOLD OUT)
