Hurry Up and Wait | ||||
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Released | April 17, 2020 | |||
Studio | Nicollet Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota, US[1] | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Language | English | |||
Label | Blue Élan | |||
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Soul Asylum, first and foremost, is a guitar band. The drums on the records have never been particularly flashy. I think part of that has to do with the fact that Dave plays drums as well. His choices are clear and informed, when he’s asking me to do, or not do something. Dave likes it to be kept pretty straightforward. So I generally go with the simplest of choices, and try not to grandstand or bring unnecessary attention to what I’m doing.
—Drummer Michael Bland on Soul Asylum's approach to recording.[2]
Hurry Up and Wait is the twelfth studio album by American alternative rock band Soul Asylum, released in 2020.
This music represents the first work by Soul Asylum frontman Dave Pirner since his divorce and moving back to Minnesota from several years living in New Orleans and these songs were a spontaneous response to these life events.[1] The album's lyrics explore Pirner's emotions and also mundane life.[3]
The album was preceded by the single "Social Butterfly", a song that explores Pirner's attempts to develop a social life after the end of his marriage,[4] and was supported by a concert tour.[5]
Editors at AllMusic rated this album 3.5 out of 5 stars, with critic Mark Deming writing that this release shows the evolution of songwriter Dave Pirner, with his "more pensive and introspective side" displayed in the music and that he "handl[es] maturity better than the average rock dude in deep middle age".[6] Jeremy Lukens of Glide Magazine wrote that this album is "a good representation of frontman Dave Pirner’s vision" for matching "the band’s heavier aspects with intricate melodies and hummable vocals".[7]
All songs written by Dave Pirner.
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