If you know anything about Friday Night Lights (“Clear eyes, full heart”), you know it’s a show about everything Craig Finn stands for. Middle America, bars and bar fights, doing it on the 50 yard-line, and religious fanatics like Lyla Garrity who have a “New Friend Jesus”.
“New Friend Jesus” is the latest preview off Finn’s upcoming solo release Clear Heart Full Eyes. The song is a rootsy shoe shuffler perfect for swingin’ your partner around the barroom floor. As come to expected with Finn, the song is full of lyrical delights such as “It’s hard to suck with Jesus in your hand” and “People say we suck at sports but they don’t understand, it’s hard to catch with holes right through your hands”. The record is out January 24th, and if you’re one of the first 500 to per-order the CD you get a limited edition bandanna – not a bad deal Craig!
Click to check out “New Friend Jesus”, and revisit Finn’s previous preview “Honolulu Blues” below-
