On 'Blankets,' Craig Finn Chronicles A Lost Lover's Search
The Hold Steady frontman says his new album, I Need A New War, completes a thematic trilogy. Its opening track unfolds like a short story full of grace and instability.
Over his songwriting career, 's developed a reliably literary style. The thematic throughlines of his catalog demand a close reading and lend themselves to annotations; you could make a).
