- Record Label: ATO Records
- Release Date: Feb 21, 2025
Buy Now
| Buy on |
|
- Critic score
- Publication
- By date
-
UncutFeb 20, 2025Hood'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. [Feb 2025, p.35]
-
Apr 11, 2025It sure is satisfying to hear Hood blast past his comfort zone with these nuanced songs that he penned on the piano. Yet, when the revving guitar and braying singing we’ve come to expect from the Truckers frontman kick in on “The Van Pelt Parties,” it’s an every bit as exciting return to form.
-
Mar 18, 2025His first solo release in nearly 13 years, his most adventurous and surprising, and his best.
-
Feb 24, 2025It isn't quite the unexpected triumph that Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance was, but it 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.
-
Feb 20, 2025Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams is a massively deep and rich literary and musical album that reveals more colors and lyrical insights each time through. It may even encourage you to challenge your own memories, which change so much over time.
-
MojoFeb 20, 2025It's a miracle that anyone can sustain such quality songwriting over such a prolific output. [Apr 2025, p.83]
-
Feb 20, 2025Making explicit what’s more or less implicit in the new and unexpected sounds of Exploding Trees: that he’s a got a whole lot more life, and music, in him.
-
Feb 21, 2025Patterson 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.
Awards & Rankings
There are no user reviews yet.