There is a Replacements song called “Treatment Bound.” It’s a
freewheeling number; like most of their stuff it sometimes sounds sloppy and
sometimes comes off tight, but most of all is just perpetually threatening to
fall off the highwire. It took me a while to realize it, but Paul Westerberg
and company weren’t beating their chests or telling fishing stories when they
sang, “First thing we do when we pull up / get shiiiiiitfaced drunk / try to
sober up.” They didn’t care about labels, hits, or SNL and even if The
Mats didn’t live every single line they sang, at least they could have. With
the recent release of Teeth Dreams,
The Hold Steady’s sixth album, I’ve come to a similar realization about Minnesota-born
but Brooklyn-bred group.
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