Truckers driving release their 14th studio album, Welcome 2 Club XIIIavailable everywhere now via ATO Records on limited edition vinyl, CD and all digital formats.

Welcome 2 Club XIII includes recently released singles such as “The Driver”, “Every Single Storied Flameout” and the album’s centerpiece, “Welcome 2 Club XIII”, all available now on all DSPs and streaming services ; that final track – which pays homage to the Muscle Shoals honky-tonk where founding members Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley got their start – is joined by an official music video now streaming via YouTube.

PURCHASE/DOWNLOAD WELCOME 2 CLUB XIII

LOOK “THE DRIVER” OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO

LISTEN TO “EVERY FLAME HISTORY”

LOOK OFFICIAL VIDEO “WELCOME 2 CLUB XIII”

Welcome 2 Club XIII – which premiered yesterday with an exclusive interview in Garden & Gun – received initial applause from media around the world.

PRAISE FOR WELCOME 2 CLUB XIII:

“Recorded live, Welcome 2 Club XIII sizzles with the much-deserved grit and intensity of the Truckers… It’s thrilling, soulful, heart-pounding and heart-pounding, everything that makes Drive-By Truckers one of the bands of America’s most enduring rock.”

– GARDEN & GUN

“The album is tinged with nostalgia for the Truckers’ early days, particularly on lead single ‘Welcome 2 Club XIII’, a vignette of a night on the spot. It’s also a departure from the Truckers’ previous three overtly political records. Truckers. .Hood calls it “a relief” to step down from Club XIII. After all, the Truckers are a rock band first and foremost.”

– Vulture

“Post-covid, the group again reflects the culture around them –

this time, a world taking stock of a different kind of trauma.

– MOJO

“Welcome 2 Club XIII captures the beautiful weariness of having lived…

Throughout the album, Drive-By Truckers explores the textures of memory,

its sharpest edges and softest angles, and what it means to exist in this world we inhabit.”

– No depression

“Refresh and invigorated”

– Grammy.com

“Drive-By Truckers stays heavy and honest on the Welcome 2 Club XIII.”

– Slide

“Recorded quickly and quietly, Welcome 2 Club XIII sounds raw and tired, as if the last two years weren’t the only thing weighing on the band; decades too…

But they never seem defeated. They are always for the long haul.

– ULTIMATE CLASSIC ROCK

“Drive-By Truckers are still one of the best modern American rock bands.”

– GIR

“DBT are arguably stronger than ever, 26 years later… True to their mantra,

DBTs always remain provocatively expressive.”

– Make a scene

Arriving as Drive-By Truckers enters its 26th year, Welcome 2 Club XIII marks a clean break from the incisive commentary of The Unraveling and The New OK (both released in 2020). Produced by longtime Drive-By Truckers collaborator David Barbe and primarily recorded at his studio in Athens, GA, Welcome 2 Club XIII took shape over three frenetic days in the summer of 2021 – a doubly amazing feat given that the group had no prior intention. to make a new album. Featuring background vocals from the likes of Margo Price, REM’s Mike Mills and Mississippi singer-songwriter Schaefer Llana, Welcome 2 Club XIII was recorded live with most songs cut in one or two takes, fully exploiting the freewheeling energy from Drive-By Truckers. . Songs like the sweet and breathtaking “Wilder Days” see the band – whose lineup also includes keyboardist/guitarist Jay Gonzalez, bassist Matt Patton and drummer Brad Morgan – look back on their formative years with both a deadpan pragmatism and deep tenderness, infusing each song with the kind of lived-in detail that invites a bittersweet reminiscence of your own ill-spent youth.

“Cooley and I have been playing together for 37 years now,” says Hood. “That first group may have failed miserably commercially, but I’m really proud of what we did back then. It had a lot to do with who we ended up becoming.

The Drive-By Truckers are currently celebrating Welcome 2 Club XIII with a marathon live schedule, including headline festival dates and headline tours across North America, Europe and the UK. For more details and ticket information, please visit www.drivebytruckers.com/shows.

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS

LIVE 2022

JUNE

3 – Antwerp, Belgium – De Roma †

5 – Raalte, Netherlands – Ribs & Blues*

6 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradise †

7 – Brighton, UK – Chalk †

8 – London, UK – O2 Forum †

9 – Leeds, UK – University of Leeds stylus †

11 – Dublin, Ireland – Vicar Street †

12 – Glasgow, UK – SWG3 Television Studio †

14 – Tilburg, Netherlands – 013 (Jupiler Zaal) †

15 – Paris, France – Leather Goods †

17 – Mendizabala, Vitoria-Gasteiz – Azkena Rock Festival *

19 – Eridge Park, UK – Black Stag Festival*

JULY

14 – Breckenridge, CO – Riverwalk Center

15 – Denver, CO – Levitt Pavilion

16 – Kansas City, MO – Knuckleheads

19 – Omaha, NE – Falconwood Park

20 – Minneapolis, MN – Utepils Brewery

22 – Des Moines, IA – Hoyt Sherman Square

23 – Dayton, OH – Dayton Masonic Center

24 – Kalamazoo, MI – Bell’s Beer Garden

27 – Fort Wayne, IN – The Clyde Theater

29-St. Louis, MO – Open Highway Music Festival*

30 – Maryville, TN – The Shed

31 – Wilmington, NC – Greenfield Lake Amphitheater

AUGUST

2 – Virginia Beach, Virginia – Elevation 27

4 – Deerfield, MA – Tree House Brewery

5 – Buffalo, NY – City Ballroom

8 – Patchogue, NY – Patchogue Theater

10 – Isle of Palms, SC – The Windjammer

11 – Isle of Palms, SC – The Windjammer

12 – Charlotte, NC – Neighborhood Theater

13 – Pelham, TN – The Caverns

20 – Redmond, WA – CHOMP! (Free show) *

SEPTEMBER

10 – Jasper, AL – Foothills Festival (Free Show)*

17 – Louisville, KY – Bourbon and Beyond*

* Appearance at the festival

† with special guest Jerry Joseph