Listening to The Hold Steady's fourth album "Stay Positive," one cannot help but draw comparisons to rock predecessors like Bruce Springsteen & the E. Street Band. And while some critics find The Hold Steady's unapologetically classic rock sound to be a blatant rip-off of music from a bygone era, this reviewer begs to differ.
"Narrow Stairs" is the sound of a band stretching out; the band does not necessarily depart from its classic sound, but rather furthers it by expanding its sonic palette.
