The Drive-By Truckers return with "Brighter Than Creation's Dark," an overflowing song bag of an album by Lynyrd Skynyrd's bastard step-children. This is their best effort since 2004's The Dirty South, and their first since the loss of tenor-songwriter Jason Isbell.
Knowing he has to carry the team, Patterson Hood is at the top of his form, and delivers yarns portraying domestic life as celestial respite, complete with endless struggles and occasion to drink. Darker songs deal with crystal meth and suicide, and there's a memoir of an opening act on the road and two obligatory Iraq songs.
The Truckers let the songwriting speak for itself, and it speaks well. Says Patterson Hood, "It (the new album) was written, learned, played, mixed and mastered for vinyl." You may want to check out the 2 LP version if you've got a turntable to spin it on.
Check out "Two Daughters And A Beautiful Wife"
www.drivebytruckers.com
Great post :) I love the cover.
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I'm a new follower from the A-Z challenge. Nice to meet you!
ReplyDeleteSarah- they are a bit on the 'rough' side, but a great band if you like southern rock with gritty southern imagery.
ReplyDeleteMargo-thanks for stopping by!
Most of April's music tidbits will be on the obscure side. In fact, I tend to try to mention bands that you otherwise might not have heard of, but lately have been posting on a wider variety than I used to.
I figure that nobody really needs to read another paragraph about Lady Gaga...
Larry
What a great blog you have here. I am going to send the link to my brother who is a music collector. Nice to meet you through the challenge.
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Book reviews and Author Interviews at my blog at http://whynotbecauseisaidso.blogspot.com/
Thanks Sheila-
ReplyDeleteIt's always nice to correspond with a fellow collector.
Larry
Nice choice for D. I've heard them on The Current here in Minnesota. I like the albums for the A-Z challenge.
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