Listen free to the Hold Steady's new album, Heaven Is Whenever

Let us know what you make of the Brooklyn-based band's fifth albumFor my money, the fifth album by the Hold Steady is a step up from 2008's Stay Positive. Where that record sometimes bellowed and yammered, Heaven Is Whenever calms things down a little, the walls of guitar chipped at to allow light and air through: it feels more thoughtful musically, though I'm making no claims that it's some avant-garde statement – it's a rock'n'roll record. The Hold Steady, as they often mention in inter...

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