The devil knows all about your darkest desires and he knows how to force them to the surface. As caustic and bitter as he is, he is also a smooth talking illusonist who will make all your dreams seemingly come true, for a price. He's a friend and a dark presence on your left side. We know all about him and somehow he can still turn us into that faceless form of fear and desperation. And The Drive-By Truckers have made it their business to document and expose his activities in all their deviousness. From the corrupted turned-from-god preachers to the dissillusioned cops, the Truckers have gone about exposing the devil, and more precisely the events which he has helped cause to happen, and trying in their way to warn others about him.
On their latest release Go-Go Boots, The Drive-By Truckers take one more step in their rooting out of the evil and fear that cause men to behave in the callous ways which has been so well documented in their songs. But to believe that only fear and darkness can come from this world shows only a shallow grasp of all that there is to know about this life. There is light, even here where Patterson and Co. tread. Songs like "Used To Be A Cop" and "The Fireplace Poker" do carry the weight of the dead and downtrodden but the dark is punctuated by brief bits of light as on "Everybody Needs Love" with its sing-along chorus and "Dancin' Ricky", a curiously affecting song about the simple happiness of an ordinary life. The southern rock building blocks that they've been using for the last decade and a half have served them well in their endeavors. They manage to bring life and spontaneity to well-worn musical cliches and by injecting them with a wild spirit and boundless energy, they show what can be accomplished when heart is paired with a great fucking rock song. The Drive-By Truckers have been doing this for a very long time, as has the devil and both show no signs of slowing. Watch yourselves..
Tracklisting:
01. I Do Believe
02. Go-Go Boots
03. Dancin’ Ricky
04. Cartoon Gold
05. Ray’s Automatic Weapon
06. Everybody Needs Love
07. Assholes
08. The Weakest Man (listen to the mp3 below)
09. Used to Be a Cop
10. The Fireplace Poker
11. Where’s Eddie
12. The Thanksgiving Filter
13. Pulaski
14. Mercy Buckets
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