Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing And A Curse

180-gram gatefold LP on limited edition clear and purple splatter vinyl!

New West Records began releasing music in 1998 and one of the labels earliest successes came in the form of their partnership with the Drive-By Truckers and the music that this historic band would create. With more than 1 million records sold across the New West — DBT catalog it is safe to say that there is a solid and ever growing fanbase for this culturally impactful band. New West is proud to celebrate more than 15 years worth of music and releases by FINALLY releasing the Drive-By Trucker back catalog on color vinyl.

"Known for two big-idea concept albums, Southern Rock Opera (dedicated to Lynyrd Skynyrd) and The Dirty South (a 70+ minute exploration of their Alabama roots), the Drive-by Truckers here go economical with a 45+ minute rock album. Three singers (all guitarists, to boot) ensure that moods shift often, even with every voice bearing a sand-blasted quality that grit-pocks everything. Patterson Hood tackles most of the tunes, sounding like a roughed-up Faces on 'Aftermath USA,' detailing drugs and deterioration against boogied-up guitars, and sounding a more sensitive side on 'Goodbye' and 'Little Bonnie' (another in a line of Truckers' funeral tunes). With a barrel-chested croak of a voice, Mike Cooley runs down the rudderless-ness of love and desperation on 'Gravity's Gone' and slow, acoustic tenderness on 'Space City.' The loudest guitarist, Jason Isbell, takes on two tracks: 'Easy on Yourself' and 'Daylight,' where he alternates between wry fury and a yearning pine for more time, more space. Isbell basks in an array of slide-guitar throwdowns, always leaving a signature sound the way Skynyrd's Allen Collins and Gary Rossington did in their glory days. All in all, this is a calmer Truckers set, less ragged and more polished." — Amazon.com

Side A

1. Feb 14

2. Gravity's Gone

3. Easy On Yourself

4. Aftermath USA

5. Goodbye

6. Daylight

Side B

1. Wednesday

2. Little Bonnie

3. Space City

4. A Blessing And A Curse

5. A World Of Hurt

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