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Drive-By Truckers have announced today’s premiere of “Every Single Storied Flameout,” the latest track from their upcoming 14th studio album, Welcome 2 Club XIII, due via ATO Records on Friday, June 3. Pre-orders are available now. The spirited, horn-blasted “Every Single Storied Flameout” sees founding member/vocalist/guitarist Mike Cooley looking back at his younger years with unsparing self-reflection and a bit of rambling wisdom.
“I wrote that song when my son was turning 16 and going through a rough patch for a bit,” Cooley says. “Luckily, he’s turned it around and he’s doing great now, but it was a tough time for a while. Part of my way of dealing with it was to take ownership of the example I might’ve set, in the hope of leading him out of it.”
Arriving as Drive-By Truckers enter 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. The new songs 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
MAY 12 - Memphis, TN - Soundstage at Graceland 13 - Natchez, MS - Mudbug Music Festival * 14 - Huntsville, AL – The First Waltz * 24 - Helsinki, Finland - Tavastia Club † 26 - Stockholm, Sweden - Berns † 27 - Oslo, Norway - Rockefeller † 28 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Amager Bio † 29 - Aarhus, Denmark - Train † 31 - Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle †
JUNE 1 - Berlin, Germany - Kesselhaus † 2 - Koln, Germany - Kantine † 3 - Antwerp, Belgium - De Roma † 5 - Raalte, Netherlands - Ribs & Blues * 6 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso † 7 - Brighton, UK - Chalk † 8 - London, UK - O2 Forum † 9 - Leeds, UK - Leeds University Stylus † 11 - Dublin, Ireland - Vicar Street † 12 - Glasgow, UK - SWG3 TV Studio † 14 - Tilburg, Netherlands - 013 (Jupiler Zaal) † 15 - Paris, France - La Maroquinerie † 17 - Mendizabala, Vitoria-Gasteiz - Azkena Rock Festival * 19 - Eridge Park, UK - Black Deer Festival *
JULY 14 - Breckenridge, CO - Riverwalk Center 15 - Denver, CO - Levitt Pavilion 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 -S t. 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
SEPTEMBER 17 -Louisville, KY -Bourbon & Beyond *
* Festival Appearance † w/Special Guest Jerry Joseph
