Description:
Named for the day Southern churches reserve for laying flowers on the graves of the dearly departed, the Drive By Truckers` new album marks their eagerly-anticipated fifth effort. Written during the making of the highly-praised Southern Rock Opera, but recorded in later, happier times, the album is an amazing synthesis of wretched, Southern Gothic themes and brilliant, well-oiled rock. Clearly influenced by their exhaustive years on the road and the toll taken on their personal lives, these all-to-real accounts speak of divorce and gun violence. Guitars squeal like truck tires bolting from the driveway, and the band`s transcendent story-telling continues their country rock evolution. (New West)
