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OCTOBER
26 – Dublin, Ireland – Whelan’s *
28 – Glasgow, Scotland – Oran Mor *
29 – Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club *
30 – London, UK – Union Chapel *
NOVEMBER
1 – Groningen, Netherlands – Take Root Festival ‡
5 – Seattle, WA – Tractor Tavern †
6 – Seattle, WA – Tractor Tavern †
7 – Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater †
8 – Bend, OR – Volcanic Theatre †
10 – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel †
12 – Santa Cruz, CA – Rio Theater †
14 – Los Angeles, CA – Lodge Room †
15 – Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up Tavern †
16 – Phoenix, AZ – Musical Instrument Museum †
19 – Santa Fe, NM – Lensic Performing Arts Center † ^
21 – Dallas, TX – The Kessler Theater †
22 – Austin, TX – The 04 Center †
DECEMBER
6 – Jacksonville, FL – Intuition Ale Works ‡
7 – Waverly, AL – Standard Deluxe (Little House) ‡
9 – Decatur, GA – Eddie's Attic ‡
10 – Decatur, GA – Eddie's Attic ‡
15 – New Orleans, LA – Chickie Wah Wah ‡
18 – Boise, ID – Shrine Social Club ‡
19 – Bozeman, MT – Live From The Divide ‡
20 – Bozeman, MT – Live From The Divide ‡
* Patterson Hood Solo (featuring Jay Gonzalez)
‡ Patterson Hood Solo
† Patterson Hood & Craig Finn “Devils In The Details Tour”
^ w/ Special Guest Alejandro Escovedo
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Patterson Hood’s fourth solo album and first in over 12 years, Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams marks the Drive-By Truckers co-founder’s most expansive and ambitious extracurricular effort to date. Produced by Chris Funk (The Decemberists, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks) at various studios in Hood’s current hometown of Portland, OR, the album sees veteran singer-songwriter-guitarist supported by a stellar cast of friends and fellow musicians including Wednesday, Brad Morgan and Jay Gonzalez (Drive-By Truckers), Steve Berlin (Los Lobos, The Blasters), David Barbe (Sugar, Mercyland), Nate Query (The Decemberists), Steve Drizos (Jerry Joseph and The Jackmormons), Daniel Hunt (Neko Case, M Ward), and Stuart Bogie (The Hold Steady, Goose). Praised by Pitchfork as “surreal and cinematic…(Hood’s) most adventurous solo release – and his best,” the collection includes such singles as “A Werewolf and a Girl (w/Lydia Loveless),” “The Pool House,” and “The Forks of Cypress (w/Waxahatchee),” the latter two joined by official music videos streaming now at YouTube.
PRAISE FOR EXPLODING TREES & AIRPLANE SCREAMS
“(Hood’s) first solo release in nearly 13 years, his most adventurous and surprising, and his best…One of the foremost chroniclers of the modern, deeply conflicted South,
Hood shows a penchant for striking surrealism, for jarring juxtapositions
that render otherwise mundane images strange and unsettling.”
– PITCHFORK (8.0)
“Hood’s gift for the character study abundantly justifies the extra room to roam, and the ambitious arrangements, spanning folk to jazz to electronica,
are fleshed out by a stellar cast of collaborators.”
– UNCUT (9/10)
“Patterson Hood has long demonstrated a knack in his songs for finely wrought character studies, from everyman working-class folks to Southern rock icons to abusive preachers whose kinks get them killed. This time, Hood applies his powers of observation to his own life…Hood’s patience is his listeners’ reward, on an album demonstrating that a musician who has spent decades honing a distinctive sound hasn’t run out of surprises.”
– PASTE
“Exploding Trees and Airplane Screams presents a more subtle,
vulnerable, and idiosyncratic side of Patterson Hood.”
– POPMATTERS
“It’s a miracle that anyone can sustain such quality songwriting over such a prolific output.”
– MOJO
“If you come to it hoping to hear what else Patterson Hood has to offer beyond his regular band, then this is a genuinely exciting experience.”
– AMERICANA UK (8/10)
“Incorporating instrumentation like strings, woodwinds and upright bass, alongside his own work on piano, Hood succeeds in crafting a compelling album which also functions as a departure from the Truckers’ sonic palette.”
– FORBES
“Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams confirms Patterson Hood is capable of more than he's created with the Drive-By Truckers, great as they are, and it's a pleasure to hear him challenge himself with such impressive results.”
– ALLMUSIC
“Texturally adventurous and melodically playful, Hood’s writing here is attuned to ideas of change as much as it’s willing to admit that what goes around, comes around. Life,
he seems to suggest, is full of little reminders of where we’ve been –
it’s up to us whether we choose to pay attention to them.”
– GUITAR.COM
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