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Craig Finn, the lead singer and songwriter for the whole study,

is known for his vivid literary style songwriting.

He often writes about characters going through an existential crisis.

Craig Finn grew up in Minneapolis, going to gigs for hometown heroes like Prince and the

Replacements. After a stint working as a financial broker, Finn moved to New York City and eventually

formed the Hold Study in 2003. This year, the band released their eighth studio album, Open Door

Policy. In this time, Finn says he focused on themes related to the trappings of technology

and late-stage capitalists. On today's episode, Craig Finn talks to Bruce Hadlam about how the drive

by truckers inspired him to create the hold study. About how Springsteen taught him to vamp

and why he feels like it's his duty to not only write about the party, but to write about the hangover too.

This is Broken Record, liner notes for the digital age. I'm Justin Richmond.

Here's Bruce Hadlam with Craig Finn. This is a throw for me, for many reasons,

but one is that the person who introduced me to your music was my old colleague David Carr at the

New York Times. Now, David, like you, was very funny, which is rare in pop music and rare at the

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