“Hurricane J” from the forthcoming album Heaven is Whenever is available to stream on Pitchfork.com
The Hold Steady on Rock Band!
“Sequestered in Memphis” is now available on Rock Band and available to purchase in the Rock Band Network store!!
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Limited Edition “Heaven is Whenever” Vinyl for Record Store Day
The Hold Steady will release under 700 vinyl copies in the US, and a very limited number in the UK of their new album ‘Heaven Is Whenever’ (Vagrant Records / Rough Trade) on April 17 as part of Record Store Day, complete with custom screen printed artwork. The extremely limited run of the album will only be available in independent record stores participating in Record Store Day. ‘Heaven Is Whenever’ will officially be released on CD, vinyl and digitally on May 3 / 4.
New Album “Heaven is Whenever” Available May 3 in the UK and EU / May 4 in the US
The Hold Steady recently put the finishing touches on ‘Heaven Is Whenever,’ their new album set for release May 4th on Vagrant Records and May 3rd on Rough Trade in the UK and EU. The album was produced by Dean Baltulonis, who engineered the band’s ‘Almost Killed Me’ and produced ‘Separation Sunday,’ and was recorded at Dreamland Recording Studios in Upstate NY and Wild Arctic Studios in Queens, NY, with mixing also happening at Wild Arctic.
Singer Craig Finn says ’Heaven Is Whenever’ is about “embracing suffering and finding reward in our everyday lives.” Piano and keys take a backseat to guitar on the new record, which also gets production help from guitarist Tad Kubler.
Recorded in several smaller sessions spread out over a long period of time, the songs on ‘Heaven Is Whenever’ received the benefit of being tested on the band’s recent tours. As Finn says this allowed them to “see what was working and what wasn’t. I believe this record benefits from us working at a more deliberate pace.”
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
See The Hold Steady perform songs from Heaven Is Whenever and more at the dates below:
| April 2nd | Ardsley, NY | LIFE the place to be |
| April 3rd | New Haven, CT | Toad’s Place |
| April 5th | South Burlington, VT | Higher Ground |
| April 6th | Northampton, MA | Pearl Street |
| April 7th | Albany, NY | Linda Norris Auditorium |
| April 8th | Woodstock, NY | Bearsville Theater |
| April 9th | Jermyn, PA | Eleanor Rigby’s |
| April 10th | Syracuse, NY | The Westcott Theater |
| April 12th | Rochester, NY | The Club at Water Street Music Hall |
| April 13th | Cleveland, OH | Beachland Ballroom |
| April 14th | Pittsburgh, PA | Diesel Club Lounge |
| April 15th | Morgantown, WV | 123 Pleasant St. |
| April 16th | Harrisburg, PA | Appalachian Brewing Company |
| May 5th | Los Angeles, CA | El Rey Theatre |
| May 6th | San Francisco, CA | The Fillmore |
| May 29th | George, WA | Sasquatch |
| June 12th | Newport, Isle of Wight | Isle of Wight Festival |
| June 14th | Paris, FR | Fleche D’Or |
| June 21st | Amsterdam, NL | Melkeg |
| June 22nd | London. UK | HMV Forum |
| Jun 26th | Manchester, UK | Academy 2 |
| For more information and tickets please visit http://www.theholdsteady.com | ||