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"&lt;p&gt;In five stellar LPs as the word-spluttering frontman for the &lt;a href=\"../../music/artists/the-hold-steady\"&gt;Hold Steady&lt;/a&gt;, Craig Finn proved that nobody can match his ear for the way American losers talk. And in a Finn song, they&amp;apos;re usually talking themselves into their next doomed move. Cut with a country-rock pickup band, his first solo album is full of bleakly funny noir tales. His characters are like the psycho-eyes loners from &lt;em&gt;On the Beach&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;Nebraska&lt;/em&gt;, except strung out on religion. Finn&amp;apos;s gotten canny enough as a singer to pull off a tour de force like &amp;quot;Western Pier,&amp;quot; the chilling ballad of a drifter with grudges against the world that not even Jesus can avenge.&lt;/p&gt;\r\n&lt;wm:embed type=\"related\"&gt;&lt;/wm:embed&gt;&lt;wm:video type=\"inset\" id=\"1\"&gt;&lt;/wm:video&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Listen to &amp;quot;Western Pier&amp;quot;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\r\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Related&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&amp;#x2022; &lt;a href=\"../../../music/news/the-hold-steadys-craig-finn-on-depression-and-obama-20080805\"&gt;The Hold Steady&amp;apos;s Craig Finn on Obama and Depression&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&amp;#x2022; &lt;a href=\"../../../videos/rs-live/craig-finn-hold-steady-frontman-plays-acoustic-20120123\"&gt;Video: The Hold Steady&amp;apos;s Craig Finn Plays Acoustic at Rolling Stone Live&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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