Fiestas and Fiascos is the final Lifter Puller

Lifter Puller

Lifter Puller, or LFTR PLLR, was an American indie rock band from the Twin Cities and the Boston area between 1994 and 2000. Their music is considered innovative, with its angular riffs and a synth-infused sound that predated the 80's revival fads of the early 2000s...

 LP composed of new material and the only album of theirs not included on Soft Rock

Soft Rock (album)

Soft Rock was the last official release by Minneapolis band Lifter Puller. Released in 2002, it was a compilation of nearly all of the band's songs—save those found on their final studio album, Fiestas and Fiascos—and a few other odds and ends...

. The record is much tighter than previous songs, following the direction implied by songs like "Secret Santa Cruz," where the band plays hook-centrically and vocalist Craig Finn sings with more vocal force (shouting at times) than melodicism. The almost exclusively mythological focus of "Fiestas..." in many ways foreshadows the approach Finn would take with The Hold Steady

The Hold Steady

The Hold Steady is an American indie rock band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2004. The band consists of Craig Finn , Tad Kubler , Galen Polivka , Bobby Drake , and Steve Selvidge...

, as does the less melodic vocal approach. In addition, the record ends with the burning of the "Nice Nice", bringing the Lifter Puller Folklore back to its start.

Track listing

1. "Lonely in a Limousine" – 2:11
2. "Candy's Room" – 1:54
3. "Space Humping $19.99" – 2:45
4. "Manpark" – 2:33
5. "Lake Street Is for Lovers" – 1:06
6. "Nice Nice" – 3:35
7. "Katrina and the K-Hole" – 2:07
8. "Cruised and Accused of Cruising" – 1:37
9. "Touch My Stuff" – 2:36
10. "Lie Down on Landsdowne" – 3:36
11. "Lifter Puller vs. the End of the Evening" – 3:27
12. "The Flex and the Buff Result" – 3:21