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"I've always said that all of our records are political but..that 'politics is personal,'" Drive-By Truckers' Patterson Hood has stated of the band's 12th release. "With that in mind, this album is especially personal.” Every blight on the current American landscape is name-checked, from immigrant mistreatment ("Babies in Cages") to incels ("Grievance Merchants") to the hopelessness of mass shootings ("Thoughts and Prayers"). "21st Century USA" is a list of modern-day devastations: pay-day loans, wage inequality, credit-card debt, evangelical hypocrisy, pain pills. "With Big Brother watching me always, why must I always feel so alone," the lyrics intone over an amiable country-rock beat. The bleak portraits are often set against Americana sounds that recall Uncle Tupelo's heartland fervor ("Slow Ride Argument"), Springsteen's red-blooded rock 'n' roll ("Armageddon's Back in Town") and "Murmur"-era REM's earnest twang ("Thoughts and Prayers"). Appropriately, on "Heroin Again," a fed-up lament of the current opioid epidemic that echoes the drug damage of the '90s, the bass stomps and guitar chugs like a lost grunge anthem. The Unraveling isn't the feel-good album of the year, but it sure does sound good. © Shelly Ridenour / Qobuz
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Drive-By Truckers, Producer, MainArtist - Patterson Hood, Composer, Lyricist - Mt. St. Helen Keller, MusicPublisher
2020 ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 2020 ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Drive-By Truckers, Producer, MainArtist - Patterson Hood, Composer, Lyricist - Mt. St. Helen Keller, MusicPublisher
2020 ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 2020 ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Drive-By Truckers, Producer, MainArtist - Mike Cooley, Composer, Lyricist - Cheap Labor, MusicPublisher
2020 ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 2020 ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Drive-By Truckers, Producer, MainArtist - Patterson Hood, Composer, Lyricist - Mt. St. Helen Keller, MusicPublisher
2020 ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 2020 ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Drive-By Truckers, Producer, MainArtist - Patterson Hood, Composer, Lyricist - Mt. St. Helen Keller, MusicPublisher
2020 ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 2020 ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Drive-By Truckers, Producer, MainArtist - Patterson Hood, Composer, Lyricist - Mt. St. Helen Keller, MusicPublisher
2020 ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 2020 ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Drive-By Truckers, Producer, MainArtist - Patterson Hood, Composer, Lyricist - Mt. St. Helen Keller, MusicPublisher
2020 ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 2020 ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Drive-By Truckers, Producer, MainArtist - Mike Cooley, Composer, Lyricist - Cheap Labor, MusicPublisher
2020 ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 2020 ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Drive-By Truckers, Producer, MainArtist - Patterson Hood, Composer, Lyricist - Mt. St. Helen Keller, MusicPublisher
2020 ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 2020 ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Album review
"I've always said that all of our records are political but..that 'politics is personal,'" Drive-By Truckers' Patterson Hood has stated of the band's 12th release. "With that in mind, this album is especially personal.” Every blight on the current American landscape is name-checked, from immigrant mistreatment ("Babies in Cages") to incels ("Grievance Merchants") to the hopelessness of mass shootings ("Thoughts and Prayers"). "21st Century USA" is a list of modern-day devastations: pay-day loans, wage inequality, credit-card debt, evangelical hypocrisy, pain pills. "With Big Brother watching me always, why must I always feel so alone," the lyrics intone over an amiable country-rock beat. The bleak portraits are often set against Americana sounds that recall Uncle Tupelo's heartland fervor ("Slow Ride Argument"), Springsteen's red-blooded rock 'n' roll ("Armageddon's Back in Town") and "Murmur"-era REM's earnest twang ("Thoughts and Prayers"). Appropriately, on "Heroin Again," a fed-up lament of the current opioid epidemic that echoes the drug damage of the '90s, the bass stomps and guitar chugs like a lost grunge anthem. The Unraveling isn't the feel-good album of the year, but it sure does sound good. © Shelly Ridenour / Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 00:42:24
- Main artists: Drive-By Truckers
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: ATO Records LLC
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
2020 ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 2020 ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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