Pre-Hold Steady Band Lifter Puller Remembered With Reissue Series, Book
I'm editing this post because I didn't like the title it received after my lazy auto-add to Blogger.
Next month, Lifter Puller are re-releasing their entire discography with some rarities. I think it's only digital, which upsets me slightly, but my ownership of their music consists solely of Soft Rock and I had to download that (legally, I hasten to add).
For those who don't know, Lifter Puller is the band that Craig Finn and Tad Kubler were in before The Hold Steady. The straight-up rock of The Hold Steady is wonderful and accesible, but Lifter Puller's twitching indie nastiness is just addictive. The lyrics are exactly what you expect from Craig, but with a much darker, introspective edge. You sense that while his Hold Steady creations are largely fictional, Lifter Puller is all too real.
Enough gushing. I'll hopefully get hold of it as soon as it's available and post more here.
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