{"id":2443738,"date":"2019-05-04T09:42:01","date_gmt":"2019-05-04T15:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=831298"},"modified":"2019-05-04T09:42:01","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T15:42:01","slug":"see-craig-finn-showcase-new-solo-lp-on-cbs-this-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/see-craig-finn-showcase-new-solo-lp-on-cbs-this-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"See Craig Finn Showcase New Solo LP on \u2018CBS This Morning\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-04-at-10.59.03-AM.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/watch-craig-finn-hold-steady-perform-anthemic-new-something-to-hope-for-on-late-night-with-seth-meyers-829072\/\">an inspiring performance<\/a> on <em>Late Night With Seth Meyers<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/craig-finn\/\" id=\"auto-tag_craig-finn\" data-tag=\"craig-finn\">Craig Finn<\/a> appeared on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/cbs\/\" id=\"auto-tag_cbs\" data-tag=\"cbs\">CBS<\/a> This Morning<\/em> to perform&nbsp;a trio of songs from his new solo LP&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/review-craig-finn-i-need-a-new-war-825373\/\"><em>I Need a New War<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/hold-steady\/\">Hold Steady<\/a> frontman and his band delivered an evocative mini-concert featuring renditions of \u201cSomething To Hope For,\u201d \u201cBlankets\u201d and \u201cGrant at Galena\u201d from his latest project, which is the third album in a trilogy that began with 2015\u2019s <em>Faith in the Future<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gRbCFBOhE2Y?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Finn, who has released four solo LPs in addition to his work in the Hold Steady, believes the characters he writes about on his own records would never be on Hold Steady albums.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no sing-along chorus about these people,\u201d the musician told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/hold-steady-craig-finn-interview-solo-album-823307\/\"><em>Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a>. \u201cThere\u2019s no way you can write a Hold Steady song about them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RjI9TcfLXnQ?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>I Need a New War<\/em>, which follows up his 2017 album <em>We All Want the Same Things<\/em>, narrates the stories of everyday, middle-class people Finn observes in his travels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re doing their best and they\u2019re trying to do the right thing and they\u2019re still having difficulty keeping their head above water, and I think in 2019 is really interesting to me,\u201d he says of his characters.<\/p>\n<p>Finn also sat down for an interview with <em>CBS This Morning<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YEJtoyA5njQ?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>I Need a New War<\/em>, which follows up his 2017 album <em>We All Want the Same Things<\/em>, narrates the stories of everyday, middle-class people Finn observes in his travels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re doing their best and they\u2019re trying to do the right thing and they\u2019re still having difficulty keeping their head above water, and I think in 2019 is really interesting to me,\u201d he says of his characters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/craig-finn-cbs-this-morning-831298\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following an inspiring performance 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