The title Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams reads as a most likely fit for The Drive-by Tuckers’ Southern Rock Opera. Still, nothing save for Patterson Hood’s distinctive voice, and perhaps one song ...

The album is the latest installment in a series once lost in the heart of the country, folk and rock scene of the 1970s.

Now he releases his second new album since returning (and his 11th overall), and it finds him doing what he’s always done ...