"Stuck Between Stations," the first song off of the Hold Steady's 2006 release Boys And Girls In America, perfectly summarizes the malaise that was the past decade. Lead singer Craig Finn's Springsteenian tales of late night debauchery fueled by bar-band riffs, organ and shout-along choruses lent a sense of authenticity to a decade that just saw us repeating a lot of mistakes we had made before. Like drinking beer before liquor and sleeping with townies. Unfortunately, no amount of booze or pills will erase any of the errors we made in the past decade. Luckily, Boys And Girls In America can be your soundtrack as you reflect over a passed decade of misjudgment. Or, if you didn't make any mistakes, you can live vicariously through the Hold Steady. Either way, it's a great album to remind us we were all young and dumb once. However, if you listen to this album and don't feel nostalgic, you might still be young and dumb, in which case, good luck getting through the next decade.
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