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I have already started to do massive amounts of 12 oz arm curls in preparation for The Hold Steady’s new album, Heaven is Whenever, to be released on Vagrant Records the first Tuesday in May. This album, minus the mustachioed keymaster Franz Nicolay, will be their fifth release and is guaranteed to teach you a few things about religion, extracurricular activities, and the Mississippi River. Oh, and if The Hold Steady comes to your town, their live show is guaranteed to leave you beaming. They’re by far my favorite live band on earth right now! Ask my friends;) Check some songs, followed by the new album’s tracklist, and the cities and dates of the places they have already plotted to destroy after the jump.

The tracklisting for Heaven Is Whenever is:

1 The Sweet Part of the City
2 Soft in the Center
3 The Weekenders
4 The Smidge
5 Rock Problems
6 We Can Get Together
7 Hurricane J
8 Barely Breathing
9 Our Whole Lives
10 A Slight Discomfort

Tour Dates

04-02 Ardsley, NY – LIFE
04-03 New Haven, CT – Toad’s Place
04-05 Burlington, VT – Higher Ground
04-06 Northampton, MA – Pearl Street
04-07 Albany, NY – Linda Norris Auditorium
04-08 Woodstock, NY – Bearsville Theater
04-09 Jermyn, PA – Eleanor Rigby’s
04-10 Syracuse, NY – The Westcott Theater
04-12 Rochester, NY – The Club at Water Street Music Hall
04-13 Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom
04-14 Pittsburgh, PA – Diesel Club Lounge
04-15 Morgantown, WV – 123 Pleasant St.
04-16 Harrisburg, PA – Appalachian Brewing Company
05-05 Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre
05-06 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
05-29 George, WA – Sasquatch Festival
06-12 Newport, England – Isle of Wright Festival
06-14 Paris, France – Fleche D’Or
06-21 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Melkeg
06-22 London, England – HMV Forum
06-26 Manchester, England – Academy 2

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johnofDC

I still think "Stay Positive" is one of the great records of the last decade. Do you know what happened to their keyboard player? Surely he'd be hard to replace.

Fwiw, The Public Good out of Washington, DC has drawn some comparisons to The Hold Steady -- musically different, but singing about life going awry in similar ways.

If you're interested, music is at www.thepublicgoodonline.com.
avanhizzle

Thanks for chiming in. I agree, Stay Positive is fantastic from start to finish. Very on par with the rest of their records. I read that Franz wanted to pursue other opportunities. Apparently he was tired of smiling and rocking faces:)