The Hold Steady - Open Door Policy

 

Supporting cancer patients' treatment and care, 10 titles reissued on pink vinyl!

Ten Bands reissue their albums on limited edition pink vinyl, all for one cause. This is the eighth year for the initiative that has raised more than $250,000 for Red Door Community, an organization that provides community support for both those diagnosed with cancer and their caretakers.

This year's set includes limited edition releases by The Hold Steady, Grandaddy, The Allman Brothers, Bush, Plain White T's, Less Than Jake, Primal Scream, Umphreys' McGee, Minus The Bear and Tom Tom Club.

Open Door Policy is The Hold Steady's eighth full-length studio album and the follow up to 2019's Thrashing Thru The Passion. Produced by Josh Kaufman (The National, Hiss Golden Messenger, Josh Ritter), this new release once again finds the 6-piece line up in peak form in what Craig Finn describes as "the best band we've ever been."

The Hold Steady is: Bobby Drake (drums), Craig Finn (vocals), Tad Kubler (guitar, vocals), Franz Nicolay (keyboards), Galen Polivka (bass), and Steve Selvidge (guitar, vocals).

"Open Door Policy was very much approached as an album vs. a collection of individual songs, and it feels like our most musically expansive record," frontman Craig Finn said in a statement. "This album was written and almost entirely recorded before the pandemic started, but the songs and stories explore power, wealth, mental health, technology, capitalism, consumerism, and survival-issues which have compounded in 2020."

1. The Feelers

2. Spices

3. Lanyards

4. Family Farm

5. Unpleasant Breakfast

6. Heavy Covenant

7. The Prior Procedure

8. Riptown

9. Me & Magdalena

10. Hanover Camera

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