Welcome 2 Club XIII

"The band mines the rearview mirror reflection on their youth to ponder the road ahead, and it doesn't shy away from the tough questions. The penultimate track, "Billy Ringo in the Dark", finds Drive-By Truckers asking, "If I'm going through the motions/and my better days have passed/Should I even stick around/Do I have the wherewithal?" The contents of Welcome 2 Club XIII testify that there are plenty of good miles left in the tank".

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"With Welcome 2 Club XIII, Drive-By Truckers' principle songwriters Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley have crafted a vivid acclamation of their 37 years together, with all of its highs and lows, sung over walloping Southern rock. Pondering their origins in nowhere dive bars in nowhere towns, on bygone drives through the South's empty backroads, they stew in the rich absurdity of it all, and offer a collection that rings of the band's tendency toward Southern-gothic neo-noir, but with frequent punctuations of light".

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"Once again, the Drive-By Truckers have made a strong album well worth your time and attention, but Welcome 2 Club XIII suggests they're having a problem embracing uncomplicated joy in 2022 - but then again, so do most people".

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