Over on the Breaking blog, check out a free exclusive download of a track from Hold Steady keyboardist Franz Nicolay’s upcoming solo album. Nicolay, the effervescent handlebar-mustached snappy dresser who provides the Hold Steady with their soulful piano riffs and jubilant backing vocals, steps to the microphone on “World/Inferno Vs The End of the Evening,” a shimmering, sad-eyed melodic rocker. Click below for the download, and be sure to check out all the other new music at the Breaking blog.

• Download: Franz Nicolay, “World/Inferno Vs The End of the Evening”