Faith In The Future
The Hold Steady frontman's second solo album is a character-driven record that's a few shades darker than his last solo outing. It's also driven by acoustic guitar, which puts even more focus on Finn's words.
After he made his name as the exuberant frontman for The Hold Steady, Craig Finn’s songwriting as a solo artist naturally had to turn in a more somber direction. The stories that Finn sings in The Hold Steady are propelled by the band’s energy, particularly his songwriting counterpart and guitarist Tad Kubler. Here,…
Craig Finn's second LP, Faith in the Future, features a quiet, intentional positivity age-appropirate for the The Hold…
Craig Finn has always had the potential to be the Bizarro World version of Bruce Springsteen, spinning tales of earnest heartland folks whose obsessions are loopy but sincere variations of the thematic triumvirate of fast cars, low-budget romance, and middle-class survival that has been the Boss' trademark for decades.
Craig Finn has never shied away from monumental themes in his work, and Faith In The Future doesn't offer any grand deviation from the formu...
Perhaps all Craig Finn needed was a slight change-of-scenery—his latest solo album is his best work since The Hold Steady's Stay Positive. Instead of chugging bar rock and singalongs, this album is filled with quiet moments and character studies.
The Hold Steady frontman’s new record is laden with existentialism and quiet consideration