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It's really easy, in a band, to overstate - you feel like everything you do is different than the past. I think this is just another Hold Steady record, but at the same time, there is some evolution. Like, How can we make this chorus bigger? What do we want this to sound like?

Craig Finn

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Craig Finn
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: August 22
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