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Please view our most up-to-date COVID-19 guidelines before entering the show: http://www.tractortavern.com/tractor-covid-guidelines The point of an odyssey is to return home changedstill the same person, but deepened somehow, wiser and better, wearing your traveling scars proudly. Bass Drum of Deaths new album Say I Wont is the end result of a journey that took singer and bandleader John Barrett from a small town in Mississippi and sent him across the world and back home again. The music still rips, with blown-out guitars and drums that sound like bombs going off, and the melodies are catchier than ever, hollered in Barretts trademark yelp. But the music hits differently now, more at peace with itself, propelled by a new swagger. Say I Wont is the record of a veteran band finding its stride and leaning into it, stripping back the excess and finding the raw core of their sound.Say I Wont, the bands fifth record, comes at a time of massive change for Barrett, having relocated from New York to his hometown of Oxford, Mississippi during the pandemic. The record is also a homecoming of a different sort, with the band rejoining the ranks of Fat Possum, also in Oxford, the label that released their first record GB City in 2011.Moving back to Oxford was a much-needed reset, says Barrett. When I started, I just wanted to play in a punk band and drink beers and travel around. I didnt really think much past that. And I got really burned out. When I moved back home, I started writing songs again, just for fun. I realized I wanted this record to have more of a hometown feel. The switch back to Fat Possum was easy. Its much better working with people I know and love and love everything they do.Say I Wont is the first Bass Drum of Death album written, demoed, and recorded with the touring band instead of Barrett doing everything on his own. He found a freedom in working with collaborators that wasnt available to him before, opening different aspects of the songwriting. It was a process of live recording, layering on different parts and overdubs, and then stripping it all back to the bones of the song, keeping the raw wild heart of the music intact.My first two records were made entirely by me alone with my gear, my laptop, and a Snowball USB mic, says Barrett. They were just made quickly, cheaply, as an excuse to tour. I wanted to take my time with this record. Make something good that I was proud of in itself.
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