Drive-By Truckers co-founder Patterson Hoods fourth solo album and first in over 12 years, Exploding Trees s career, many of which provided him with distraction and creative sustenance during lockdown, others which have resided among his notebooks for years. Songs like The Van Pelt Parties (featuring members of my favorite new band, Wednesday) and At Safe Distance are fueled by finely drawn character studies and Hoods well-honed gift for clear-eyed self-examination, looking at crucial memories a...