I once saw someone on a different music review site compare Craig Finn's lyrical delivery to Lin Manuel Miranda of all people and at that moment I swore to always overcompensate on my Hold Steady reviews online in order to balance out the absolutely wild takes that people are apparently capable of having about this band. This album is a great entry point to the modern catalog; it was what convinced me the band still had life in it after a rough period (and it's no coincidence, imo, that I like it so much when it's the first album since the return of keyboardist Franz Nicolay, who left the band in 2010). "Entitlement Crew" is one of my favorite tracks… More