Sequestered In Memphis, by The Hold Steady (7" on Rough Trade)

Description:	very limited etched 7" and TATTOO! on Rough Trade CHEAP COPIES	UK ORDERS OVER £50 SHIP FREE!
Format:	7"
Label:	Rough Trade
Price:	£2.49
Catalogue number:	RTRADS461
Availability:	despatched in 1 working day

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Rating: happy This record left our Phil feeling happy.

I listened to The Hold Steady album this morning as it's been getting loads of hype and reviews everywhere. i wanted to know what the crack was. In a weird way I quite liked bits of it in a Buffalo Tom/ Bruce Springsteen kind of way. The new single is in which is another 1 sided etched limited thing called Sequestered In Memphis. Buffalo Tom is what it sounds like to me. Very American sounding college rock which is catchy and I can imagine folks getting into this. I have to say listening to it already makes me feel like my dad though and I'm not sure how much of a good thing that is.

What the label says:

TRACKLISTING:
1.SEQUESTERED IN MEMPHIS
2.STAY POSITIVE SINGLE ETCHING                                          BAR CODES:       883870046176

·   TASTY LIMITED ETCHED 7" SINGLE – 1000 ONLY
·   INCLUDES FREE ‘ STAY POSITIVE’ TATTOO
·   THE FIRST SONG EVER TO FEATURE THE WORD "SEQUESTERED"!
·   FEATURING CONTRIBUTIONS FROM DOUG GILLIARD [GUIDED BY VOICES] & BEN NICHOLS [LUCERO]

ITS NOT OFTEN THAT A SONG MAKES YOU REACH FOR THE DICTIONARY. CRAIG FINN EXPLAINS:
“AS I UNDERSTAND IT, YOU GET "SEQUESTERED" IF YOU ARE GOING TO TESTIFY IN A TRIAL, AND THEY DON'T WANT ANY OUTSIDE INFLUENCES TRYING TO GET AT YOU. POPULAR IN MOB CASES. THE IDEA OF THE SONG IS THAT THE PROTAGONIST HAS A ONE NIGHT STAND WITH A WOMAN WHO IS WANTED FOR A CRIME, AND THUS BECOMES A