After residing in New Orleans for 17 years, Soul Asylum leader Dave Pirner moved back to Minneapolis in 2018. The Grammy-winning, platinum-selling creator of the 1990s hits “Runaway Train” and “Misery” still loves New Orleans, but personal matters spurred his return to his hometown in Minnesota. It was there that Pirner and his bandmates—longtime Prince drummer Michael Bland, guitarist Ryan Smith and bassist Winston Roye—recorded Soul Asylum’s 12th album,