RED VINYL LP.
"We are pleased to announced the second Drive-By Truckers full-length album of 2020, The New OK. It will be out December 18th.
The band kicked off the year with The Unraveling - not quite realizing how prescient that title would end up being - and hit the road for what would be a year of touring. About two weeks in, two songs into soundcheck at The Vogue Theater in Indianapolis, IN, the tour was postponed indefinitley. We all know how things went from there.
Patterson Hood says:
"The original idea for this album was to put out an EP utilizing some great tracks we had from the Memphis sessions that The Unraveling was culled from. We actually had a wealth of music recorded in those sessions. Not inferior outtakes, but songs we felt strongly about that didn’t further the narrative of the album we decided to release. We also wanted to include some new songs written during this endless summer of protests, riots, political shenanigans and pandemic horrors. We ended up with a full album that hopefully balances out the darkness of our current situation with a hope for better days and nights ahead."
Patterson Hood says:
"The original idea for this album was to put out an EP utilizing some great tracks we had from the Memphis sessions that The Unraveling was culled from. We actually had a wealth of music recorded in those sessions. Not inferior outtakes, but songs we felt strongly about that didn’t further the narrative of the album we decided to release. We also wanted to include some new songs written during this endless summer of protests, riots, political shenanigans and pandemic horrors. We ended up with a full album that hopefully balances out the darkness of our current situation with a hope for better days and nights ahead."