8/26/2023 0 Comments Franz nicolayThe stars in their eyes are for the uniform, not the pilot inside. In addition to records under his own name, he was a member of cabaret-punk orchestra World/Inferno Friendship Society, world’s best bar band the Hold Steady, Balkan-jazz quartet Guignol, co-founded the composer-performer collective Anti-Social Music, was a touring member of agit-punks Against Me and recorded or. The years off had constituted a time in which I thought I was finished as a musician they were time characterized by the loss of several musician friends to suicide both acute and de-facto, and by consideration of the cost of 'working the art muscle.' I was approaching a familiar sort of life crossroads which I’ve traditionally addressed on the principle of “blow it all up and see if that fixes things. I’ll take a pirouette, but I’ve a figure eight in mind. Franz Nicolay is a musician and writer living in California’s East Bay. But the combination of working on new Hold Steady material, writing my second book, and having unexpected time on my hands like everyone else in spring 2020 eventually primed the pump for a record’s worth (including a co-write with my Hold Steady bandmate Steve Selvidge). The new record comes courtesy of Don Giovanni Records and Nicolay has shared a video for the single "New River, Spring For Me."įor several years after my last record, I needed a break, and actively tried to keep from writing songs. ![]() 11 new record of interest, New River, the latest solo record from songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Franz Nicolay (also The Hold Steady). by Franz Nicolay November 21, 2014, 8:00am Snap Artwork by Mitch Clem and Nation of Amanda This is the first installment of a three-part series by Franz Nicolay recounting his experiences.
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