Really awesome interview with the Drive-By Trucker's Patterson Hood on the release of their new album "Brighter Than Creation's Dark." Worth reading in its entirety for many reasons, one of which is as good an explanation for the reason "A Blessing and a Curse" didn't quite click for many DBT fans.
Pitchfork: A Blessing and a Curse seemed like an intentionally concise record.
PH: It was, very much so. It was the reaction to everyone telling us our records were too long. I love short records. Everyone always bitches the records are too long, especially the label, so we figured, alright, we'll make a short record. We tried for 43 minutes, and came as close as you can get with three songwriters. It'd be so cool to do the short quick burst and get the hell out. I love that shit. But it don't work with what we do. It's like a big ol' V-8 muscle car. It ain't real tight around the curves, but it's real good on the straightaway! That's the kind of band we are.
This record was very much [a] reaction to that record. That record had all these rules, all this stuff we were going to do or not do-- especially not do. We had this list. It was not going to be the least bit Southern, it was not going to be geographically specific, it was not going to have a storyline or story songs, even. It was pretty much going to go against all our strengths.
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