Looking for that Replacements/Husker Du sound...

no!

I mean, I love the hold steady and all, but it's a very different rock sound/vibe.

I dunno, I'm no expert on the Replacements but I certainly hear echoes of Let It Be and Tim in THS. And Finn came out with this in an interview the other day:

Finn and guitarist Tad Kubler come from Minnesota, and The Hold Steady songs are infused with the place and spirit of the Replacements, who came out of Minneapolis to be the best rock ’n’ roll band of the 1980s — when the teen-aged Finn was discovering music.

“They’re a big part of why I’m in a rock band,” he said. “When we started the Hold Steady, it was, ‘Wow, there are no bands with big guitars and smart lyrics. That’s what the Replacements' thing was. What about a smart band that rocks?’”

That thinking has led many to compare The Hold Steady to Bruce Springsteen, Finn said. But “I’ve listened to 100 Replacements records for every Springsteen record, and I’m a huge Springsteen fan.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cErWMBR8hNk

^ still fucking love this song by Dragnet. From 1986-ish, think they were from Minneapolis

Kind of Husker Du meets Joy Division

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLPS8ldoKc0

^ Homestead Records splashing out at least $150 on a video for the Volcano Suns