{"id":973615,"date":"2019-11-20T09:13:06","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T16:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=915139"},"modified":"2019-11-20T09:13:06","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T16:13:06","slug":"drive-by-truckers-preview-new-album-with-bracing-armageddons-back-in-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/music-news\/drive-by-truckers-preview-new-album-with-bracing-armageddons-back-in-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Drive-By Truckers Preview New Album With Bracing \u2018Armageddon\u2019s Back in Town\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Drive-By Truckers<\/a> stare down the end of the world on their new song, \u201cArmageddon\u2019s Back in Town,\u201d the first offering from their upcoming LP, The Unraveling<\/i>, out January 31st via ATO Records.<\/p>\n

\u201cArmageddon\u2019s Back in Town\u201d is a ramshackle rocker, which is described in a statement as a \u201cwhirlwind joyride through the whiplash of events we collectively deal with each day.\u201d The song finds co-frontman Patterson Hood grappling with a deluge of confusion, dismay, uncertainty and guilt as he sings, \u201cThere\u2019ll be no healing from the art of double dealing\/Armageddon\u2019s back in town again.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Unraveling<\/i> follows Drive-By Truckers\u2019 2016 album, American Band<\/i>, and was recorded at Sam Philips Recording Service in Memphis with engineer Matt Ross-Spang and longtime DBT producer David Barbe. The album also features guest appearances from the Shins\u2019 Patti King, violinist\/string arranger Kyleen King and North Mississippi All-Stars\u2019 Cody Dickinson, who plays electric washboard on \u201cBabies in Cages.\u201d<\/p>\n

The three years between American Band<\/i><\/a> and The Unraveling<\/i> marks the longest gap between new DBT records, and Hood and co-frontman Mike Cooley reportedly suffered periodic bouts of writing block as they tried to figure out how to contend with the chaos surrounding them.<\/p>\n

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Hood said the band ultimately settled on a approach that was \u201cmore heart and less cerebral,\u201d adding, \u201cWhile a quick glance might imply that we\u2019re picking up where 2016\u2019s American Band<\/i> left off, the differences are as telling as the similarities. If the last one was a warning shot hinting at a coming storm, this one was written in the wreckage and aftermath. I\u2019ve always said that all of our records are political but I\u2019ve also said that \u2018politics is personal.\u2019 With that in mind, this album is especially personal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Drive-By Truckers already have a slew of live shows<\/a> scheduled for 2020, starting with a trio of gigs in Colorado in January. The band will then perform three shows for their annual HeAthen\u2019s Homecoming at the 40 Watt Club in Athens, Georgia, February 13th through 15th, before embarking on a North American run that stretches through March and April and wraps May 2nd with a set at the Shaky Knees festival in Atlanta.<\/p>\n

The Unraveling <\/strong><\/em>Track List<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. \u201cRosemary With a Bible and a Gun\u201d
2. \u201cArmageddon\u2019s Back in Town\u201d
3. \u201cSlow Ride Argument\u201d
4. \u201cThoughts and Prayers\u201d
5. \u201c21st Century USA\u201d
6.\u201d Heroin Again\u201d
7. \u201cBabies in Cages\u201d
8. \u201cGrievance Merchants\u201d
9. \u201cAwaiting Resurrection\u201d<\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Drive-By Truckers stare down the end of the world on their new song, \u201cArmageddon\u2019s Back in Town,\u201d the first offering from their upcoming LP, The Unraveling, out January 31st via ATO Records. \u201cArmageddon\u2019s Back in Town\u201d is a ramshackle rocker, which is described in a statement as a \u201cwhirlwind joyride through the whiplash of events […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-973615","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-13 21:23:46","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KFMU Solar Powered Radio","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=973615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973615\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=973615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=973615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=973615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}