Eight albums strong and still ripping jams, Drive-By Truckers' Brighter Than Creation’s Dark carries on with a legion of southern-rock anthems.
Nineteen songs long -- not unlike past releases, like the epic Southern Rock Opera -- Mike Cooley is still mumbling and snarling like Mick Jagger with the same gritty feeling that’s carried Drive-By Truckers close to twelve years along, nailing it on “Three Dimes Down” and “Self Destructive Zones.”
John Neff’s expert, dreamy pedal steel and Shonna Tucker’s soothing, pitch-perfect harmony -- somewhere between Lucinda Williams and Neko Case -- make Brighter another solid entry in the band's catalog.
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