The Hold Steady / Craig Finn "Always Been" 2024-01-19 originally released in February 1989

originally released in February 1989 by Metal Blade Records

plus a couple of plum covers by Leonard Cohen (“Tower Of Song”) and The Beatles (“With A Little Help From My Friends”) given expert interpretation by Willie

He started work on the album at its conclusion in December 2000

Cosmo's expansive musical imagination is rooted in practices of listening-both to human and more-than-human sound worlds

this tightly engineered sound doesn't get hamper the band's energy

The Hold Steady / Craig Finn "Always Been" 2024-01-19 originally released in February 1989Always Been is Finns sixth solo record and stands alongside his nine albums with The Hold Steady. With his last solo release, A Legacy of Rentals, receiving year end accolades from Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Aquarium Drunkard and more, Always Been arrives as an exciting next step for this prolific storyteller and songwriter. Craig Finn returns with Always Been, his first solo album since 2022. The album was produced by Finns long time friend Adam