Craig Finn and Paul Westerberg

The Quote from Craig Finn, lead singer of The Hold Steady: “October 1984 brought a change to my life, and also to Minneapolis…the Replacements released Let It Be, which still stands as my favourite ever record…While lots of rock’n'roll makes you think that your teens should be all about riding in a convertible with the top down, Paul Westerberg, the leader of the Replacements, is somehow magically able to capture the part of being teenage that is scary and embarassing.

And when I hear it, I know what we’re trying to do, too: let people know that everything is going to be OK. And when it isn’t, rock’n'roll can help.”

The Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk

New to Paul Westerberg and the Replacements? Start Here: As great as Let It Be is, RockTorch is going to defy the Mighty Finn and suggest Pleased To Meet Me as the entry point to The Replacements library. The album has a bit of everything great that is The Replacements: jazzy discomfort on Nightclub Jitters, punked-up clowning on I Don’t Know, the catchiest of catchy hooks on Alex Chilton, and, perhaps most important of all, Skyway, an acoustic gem that has a lonely tone that would echo again and again in Westerberg’s genius-yet-underrated solo work.

Buy the Album Here: