Over three records, Hold For Swank has had a lot of growing up to do. If their debut album, This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things, was the confused, hopeless romantic, and their second album, Get Confident, Stupid!, was the angry, rejected loser, their latest release, The Stuff That Contradicts the Other Stuff, is the wiser, older sage, offering advice to the current generation of lovelorn rascals. What’s that advice? Pull up your bootstraps, suck in your bottom lip, and start taking accountability for your actions. The resulting pop-rock album comprises 17 tracks (11 songs and 6 brief interludes) that stretch from true love to self-realization, despite a few missteps along the way. And, as they say, hilarity ensues. Influences including Weezer, Blink-182, Green Day, and even prog-rockers Rush and radio gods Huey Lewis and the News find their way into Hold For Swank’s songwriting. Humor - sometimes oddly specific - weaves among power chords and the occasional fist-pumping breakdown to create an urgent sound that’s both modern and nostalgic - a little ‘90s, a little right now.