Drive-by Truckers - A Blessing And A Curse

This month saw the new album from Drive-by truckers released and after spending a day with it, I must say it's a real jem. As per usual they've taken that strong southern rock 'n' roll influence and created a decent heart-on-sleeve and honest record that doesn't allow it's country or emotive elements to cause any of the music to feel tacky. The perfect slice of southern grit for the indoor scarves and frappacino crowd.

Whilst duff tracks are few and far between, I generally find the more enjoyable songs to be ones in which the country influence is far more subtle and thus blends with the straight up rock influences rather well. Album opener "Feb 14" is a fantastic example of this. The lyrics have that touchingly honest quality with just a pinch of down south gentlemen added to give proceedings a real sense of charm.

Drive-by Truckers - Feb 14
Drive-by Truckers - Easy On Yourself

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