The Price of Progress
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| Released | March 31, 2023 | |||
| Recorded | 2021 | |||
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| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 38:47 | |||
| Label | Positive Jams, Thirty Tigers | |||
| Producer | Josh Kaufman | |||
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The Price of Progress is the ninth studio album by the American indie rock band the Hold Steady, released on March 31, 2023 on Positive Jams and Thirty Tigers. The album was produced by Josh Kaufman, who had worked with the band on their previous two studio albums, Thrashing Thru the Passion (2019) and Open Door Policy (2021).
The album was preceded by the singles, "Sideways Skull", "Sixers" and "Understudies", and received generally positive reviews from critics.