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| DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS NEW ALBUM, WELCOME 2 CLUB XIII, OUT NOW ACCLAIMED 14TH STUDIO ALBUM INCLUDES THE SINGLES, “THE DRIVER,” “EVERY SINGLE STORIED FLAMEOUT” AND “WELCOME 2 CLUB XIII” NORTH AMERICAN LIVE DATES RESUME |
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| Drive-By Truckers release their 14th studio album, Welcome 2 Club XIII, available everywhere now via ATO Records on limited edition vinyl, CD and all digital formats. Welcome 2 Club XIII includes such recently released singles as “The Driver,” “Every Single Storied Flameout” and the album’s swinging centerpiece, “Welcome 2 Club XIII,” all available now at all DSPs and streaming services; the latter track – which pays homage to the Muscle Shoals honky-tonk where founding members Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley got their start – is joined by an official music video streaming now via YouTube. PURCHASE/DOWNLOAD WELCOME 2 CLUB XIII WATCH “THE DRIVER” OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO LISTEN TO “EVERY SINGLE STORIED FLAMEOUT” WATCH “WELCOME 2 CLUB XIII” OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO Welcome 2 Club XIII – which premiered with an exclusive feature interview in Garden & Gun – has been met with early critical applause from media outlets around the world. PRAISE FOR WELCOME 2 CLUB XIII: “Recorded live, Welcome 2 Club XIII sizzles with the Truckers’ well-earned grit and intensity… It’s thrilling, wistful, heart-pounding and fist-pumping stuff, everything that makes Drive-By Truckers one of America’s most enduring rock bands.”– GARDEN & GUN “The album is tinted with nostalgia for the early days of the Truckers, especially on lead single ‘Welcome 2 Club XIII,’ a vignette of a night at the venue. It’s also a shift from the Truckers’ overtly political previous three records…Hood calls it ‘a relief’ to pull back on Club XIII. After all, the Truckers are a rock band first.”– Vulture “Post-covid, the band again mirror the culture around them – this time, a world taking stock of a different kind of trauma.” – MOJO “Welcome 2 Club XIII captures the beautiful weariness of having lived…Throughout the album, Drive-By Truckers explore memory’s textures,its sharpest edges and fuzziest corners and what it means to exist in this world we inhabit.”– No Depression “Refreshed and reinvigorated”– Grammy.com “Drive-By Truckers keep it heavy and honest on rockin’ Welcome 2 Club XIII.”– Glide “Recorded quickly and with little fuss, Welcome 2 Club XIII sounds raw and weary, as if the past couple of years aren’t the only thing that’s weighed on the band; the decades have, too…But they never sound defeated. They’re still in for the long haul.” – ULTIMATE CLASSIC ROCK “Drive-By Truckers are still one of the best modern American rock bands.” – RIFF “The DBTs are arguably stronger than ever, 26 years on…True to their mantra,the DBTs still remain provocatively expressive.”– Making a Scene # # # Arriving as Drive-By Truckers enters its 26th year, Welcome 2 Club XIII marks a sharp departure from the trenchant commentary of The Unraveling and The New OK (both released in 2020). Produced by longtime Drive-By Truckers collaborator David Barbe and mainly recorded at his studio in Athens, GA, Welcome 2 Club XIII took shape over the course of three frenetic days in summer 2021 – a doubly extraordinary feat considering that the band had no prior intentions of making a new album. Featuring background vocals from the likes of Margo Price, R.E.M.’s Mike Mills and Mississippi-bred singer/songwriter Schaefer Llana, Welcome 2 Club XIII was recorded live with most songs cut in one or two takes, fully harnessing Drive-By Truckers’ freewheeling energy. Songs like the softly stunning “Wilder Days” see the band – whose lineup also includes keyboardist/guitarist Jay Gonzalez, bassist Matt Patton and drummer Brad Morgan – looking back on their formative years with both deadpan pragmatism and profound tenderness, instilling each song with the kind of lived-in detail that invites bittersweet reminiscence of your own misspent youth. “Cooley and I have been playing together for 37 years now,” Hood says. “That first band might have failed miserably on a commercial level, but I’m really proud of what we did back then. It had a lot to do with who we ended up becoming.” Drive-By Truckers are currently celebrating Welcome 2 Club XIII with a marathon live schedule, including top-billed festival dates and North American, European and UK headline tours. For complete details and ticket information, please visit www.drivebytruckers.com/shows. DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS LIVE 2022 JULY 16 – Kansas City, MO – Knuckleheads 19 – Omaha, NE – Falconwood Park 20 – Minneapolis, MN – Utepils Brewing 22 – Des Moines, IA – Hoyt Sherman Place 23 – Dayton, OH – Dayton Masonic Center 24 – Kalamazoo, MI – Bell’s Beer Garden 27 – Fort Wayne, IN – The Clyde Theatre 29 -St. Louis, MO – Open Highway Music Festival * 30 – Maryville, TN – The Shed 31 – Wilmington, NC – Greenfield Lake Amphitheater AUGUST 2 – Virginia Beach, VA – Elevation 27 4 – Deerfield, MA – Tree House Brewing Company 5 – Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom 8 – Patchogue, NY – Patchogue Theatre 10 – Isle of Palms, SC – The Windjammer 11 – Isle of Palms, SC – The Windjammer 12 – Charlotte, NC – Neighborhood Theatre 13 – Pelham, TN – The Caverns 20 – Redmond, WA – CHOMP! (Free Show) * SEPTEMBER 10 – Jasper, AL – Foothills Festival (Free Show) * 17 – Louisville, KY -Bourbon & Beyond * * Festival Appearance † w/Special Guest Jerry Joseph |
| DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS WELCOME 2 CLUB XIII (ATO RECORDS) |
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| Tracklist: The Driver Maria’s Awful Disclosures Shake and Pine We Will Never Wake You Up In The Morning Welcome 2 Club XIII Forged In Hell and Heaven Sent Every Single Storied Flameout Billy Ringo In The Dark Wilder Days CONNECT WITH DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS: DRIVEBYTRUCKERS.COM | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER | YOUTUBE |