“While the sheer awfulness of Donald Trump’s presidency has inspired protest songs from across the spectrum of musical genres over the past four years, rock bands have been relatively quiet. Not so Alabama-via-Georgia’s Drive-By Truckers: coming only 11 months after their album The Unraveling tackled issues such as migrant children in cages and the US’s opioid epidemic, The New OK feels like a comp”
“On their second album this year, the hardworking Southern rockers pair The Unraveling outtakes with songs written during lockdown, taking advantage of the record’s looseness to show off their range.”
