Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams

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  • Genre: Alternative / Americana / Singer-songwriter / Alt-Country / Cinematic folk-rock.
  • Influenced by: Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Warren Zevon, Nick Cave, Bruce Springsteen.
  • Similar artists: Waxahatchee, Jason Isbell, James McMurtry, Kevin Morby, Wednesday, Son Volt.
  • About this album: Patterson takes a detour from Drive-By Truckers to deliver his first solo album in more than a decade, and what an album it turned out to be. Produced by Chris Funk and recorded at studios in Georgia and Oregon, Hood expands beyond his usual guitar-driven roots: many songs are built around piano, and the arrangements often include woodwinds, strings, saxophone, and other nontraditional instruments. Deeply introspective, Hood revisits Alabama winters, adolescent heartbreak, and the emotional weight of history, trauma, and personal growth. Several tracks on this album were originally written decades ago — some as far back as the early 1980s — but never recorded until now. One of the most purely literate albums in ages.
  • Metacritic Score: 86 (universal acclaim)
  • Awards / Nominations: NA.
  • Song To Sample: “A Werewolf and a Girl” — a duet featuring Lydia Loveless, combining gothic Americana story-telling with emotional rawness and haunting vocals.