Craig Finn - Always Been

Released 4th April 2025

SK says: 'With Lifter Puller and The Hold Steady, Craig Finn has long been one of contemporary rock's finest lyricists but his latest solo effort puts him in rarefied air. Immaculate production from The War on Drugs' Adam Granduciel drives a song suite that spins one album-long tragi-comic tale of lapsed Catholics, people of substance and people on substances.'

Craig Finn returns with Always Been, his first solo album since 2022. The album was produced by Finn's long time friend Adam Granduciel, the principal of The War on Drugs. Always Been is direct both in music and title. As Finn says, I've always been Craig Finn. From the opener Bethany, a moody piano-driven portrait with a distinctive Granduciel guitar solo, to the propulsion of the first single People of Substance, to the vivid storytelling and character development that has marked Finn's career, this record feels at once familiar and f