---
title: Open Door Policy
type: Album
date: 2021-02-15
rating: 6
author: The Hold Steady
genre:
  - Rock
year: 2021
status: Finished
image: open-door-policy.jpg
tags:
  - album
colorSortKey: [2, 116, 6]
---
 That sure was a Hold Steady album! I don’t know; it doesn’t have the unpolished verve of early THS and it feels like what the band is trying to do now is more steadily and laudibly accomplished by Craig’s solo work. It’s not bad, but — why listen to this album?