Hold Steady Re-Issue Plans

Acclaimed songwriter with The Holdsteady Craig Ginn is to curate a series of re-issues shedding light on his old band Lifter Puller.

The Hold Steady are one of America's most celebrated acts, with songwriter Craig Ginn frequently compared to Bruce Springsteen and John Steinbeck for his stunning depiction of blue collar life.

Currently working on their fifth album, the band are set to return with a follow up to 2008's 'Stay Positive' sometime next year. However before then singer Craig Finn is set to re-visit his previous band Lifter Puller.

Splitting up in 2000, Lifter Puller didn't win any awards or even dent the charts. However over the course of just a few albums the band built up an unassailable reputation as purveyors of thought provoking post-punk.

The band's entire back catalogue is due to be re-issued later this year, with Craig Finn explaining that he was prompted to look back over Lifter Puller after being informed of the stratospheric sums those original albums can fetch on eBay.

"The impetus for this project was largely due to the fact that people are paying ridiculous prices for CDs on eBay" he explained to Pitchfork. "Maybe it's my age, but the idea of anyone collecting compact discs just seems bizarre to me".

Continuing, Finn explained some of the emotions he felt about re-visiting his time in Lifter Puller. "It's been really nostalgic. Those guys are still some of my best friends in the world" he said.

"Obviously the Hold Steady has garnered quite a bit more success and notoriety, but there was an us-against-the-world feeling in Lifter Puller that I really like looking back on. And just being younger, and some of the personalities involved - it was quite a bit wilder than we ever are in the Hold Steady".

Lifter Puller will re-issue their back catalogue later this year.