CRAIG FINN

We All Want The Same Things

Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn keeps a serviceable solo career rolling along, but this 3rd album struggles with an overheated production which swamps songs that can be a tad predictable, such as Jester &

June and the gloomy It Hits When It Hits. Commendable attempts to expand the musical game plan on Birds Trapped In The Airport don’t always work, but Finn’s human touch makes for some notable songwriting, as in the drug-dealing God In Chicago.