That new Hold Steady song could be better

As you might have read already, there's a new Hold Steady song out on the internet today. It's from their new album, Stay Positive, which won't be released until July 15th. Totally exciting, right? Sure, but only if you're not me and you lack the totally unreasonable expectations I have for, like, everything.

The song's called "Sequestered in Memphis" and I guess it's kind of alright, but whatever, I'm still trying to recover from the crushing blow dealt to me by the realization that, other than the rad organ and piano flourishes, the song has maddeningly little to do with Marc Cohn's singular contribution to the pantheon of early-90s top 40 music, "Walking in Memphis." It's really hard to work with the couplet "Then I'm sequestered in Memphis / Subpoenaed with my feet ten feet off of Beale" running on perpetual loop in your brain, which is what has been happening to me since about 9:34 AM EST this morning.

Craig Finn, if you read this: I demand a mash-up. Or at least a live performance of "Sequestered" that winkingly segues into a "Walking" cover. Can you please make this happen? And just kidding about the "kind of alright" business. The song's actually badass. Not as badass as getting shot in the head AND SURVIVING, but still badass. Listen here: