The Hold Steady announce new album, The Price of Progress

The Hold Steady have announced a new album. On March 31 the group will release The Price of Progress via Positive Jams/Thirty Tigers. Today they’ve shared a new single, “Sideways Skull,” which you can hear below. The group are also touring in 2023, including a 20th anniversary show in Brooklyn, and other dates planned throughout the year in the U.S. and Europe.

“These are some of the most cinematic songs in The Hold Steady catalog,” said Craig Finn in a press release, “and the record was a joy to make. I feel like we went somewhere we haven’t before, which is a very exciting thing for a band that is two decades into our career.”

The Price of Progress follows 2021’s Open Door Policy.

The Hold Steady The Price of Progress tracklist:

Grand Junction
Sideways Skull
Carlos Is Crying
Understudies
Sixers
The Birdwatchers
City At Eleven
Perdido
Distortions of Faith
Flyover Halftime

The Hold Steady tour dates:

1/28 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg (Official 20th Anniversary Show) #
2/2 – Baltimore, MD – Ottobar ^
2/3 – Washington, DC – Black Cat ^
2/4 – Philadelphia, PA – Brooklyn Bowl ^
3/10 – London, UK – Electric Ballroom *
3/11 – London, UK – Electric Ballroom *
3/12 – London, UK – Colours Hoxton *
5/12 – New York, NY – WFUV Highline Bash
6/30 – Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed †
7/1 – Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed †
7/2 – Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle
11/29-30 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Bowl **
12/1-2 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Bowl **

# w/ Two Dark Birds
^ w/ Friendship
* The Weekender 2023
† w/ The Mountain Goats and Dillinger Four
** Massive Nights 2023