The Big To Do

Heirs apparent to Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen, long-suffering cult heroes Drive-By Truckers continue to give down-on-their-luck bar bands across the world hope that it’s worth staying with it for the long haul, thanks to their ninth release The Big To Do. Within about 90 seconds of album opener ‘Daddy Learned To Fly,’ it’s obvious that their whiskey-soaked slice-of-life tales just get better with age and when the Gaslight Anthem and the Hold Steady hear ‘After The Scene Dies’ and ‘Birthday Boy’ we’re sure they’ll find much to be inspired by. Truck the begrudgers.