Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark reviews
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| Lostatsea |
 Some may feel that recent changes in the Drive-By Truckers' lineup and the band's journeys through adversity and blah blah blah bear noting in any review of Brighter Than Creation's Dark, but upon delivery the Truckers' latest product so far exceeds any of their previous work that such water under the bridge seems exactly that. Breaking it down in the simplest terms, Creation's Dark signals the rebirth of a band already long considered one of the most authentic and respected acts in the storied Americana genre. Losing a primary songwriter is a hurdle for any group to overcome, and in Drive-By Truckers' case guitarist Jason Isbell not only left the band, but also divorced Truckers' bassist Shonna Tucker. Upon its release last summer, Isbell's solo album, Sirens of the Ditch, demonstrated that he could create a solid record on his own. ...full text |
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| Allmusic |
| Drive-By Truckers leader Patterson Hood wrote in a post on the band's website that 2007 "was supposed to be our year of taking it easy," but it doesn't seem to have worked out that way, and that's a good thing for everyone concerned. The songwriting bug seems to have bit the Drive-By Truckers sometime after the release of 2006's A Blessing and a Curse, and while that album was a bit short on top-shelf material (at least compared to the band's work since Southern Rock Opera), Brighter Than Creation's Dark is a dazzling return to form, delivering some of their finest, most eclectic, and most mature music to date. ...full text |
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| Pitchforkmedia |
| As guys wrestle with the encroaching responsibilities of work and family, they still often romanticize or cling to their shit-kicking youth; the Drive-By Truckers' principal songwriters, Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley, represent each side of this coin. Using the broadest strokes imaginable, gravelly and grizzly Hood is the endlessly vigilant, fiercely protective papa bear, while laconic slick-talker Cooley the hell-raising, yarn-spinning fuck-up....full text |
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