Everyone’s favorite Alabama gangstabillies are back with their 10th album. The Truckers are set to release The Big To-Do on March 16th, their debut release for Dave Matthews’ ATO Records imprint.

Frontman Patterson Hood explained that his writing process for this album differed from the previous nine Truckers’ releases. “I don’t write a lot of songs on the road,” he said, “but I did more than usual on this album and many more were inspired by or set there, either in a literal sense or something I witnessed or heard about while I was out there… It’s very much a rock album. Very melodic and more rocking than anything we’ve done since disc 2 of Southern Rock Opera.”

Never ones for convention, the album’s lead single is titled “This Fucking Job” and lives up to its gritty title.

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The Big To-Do tracklist:

1. Daddy Learned to Fly
2. The Fourth Night of My Drinking
3. Birthday Boy
4. Drag the Lake Charlie
5. The Wig He Made Her Wear
6. You Got Another
7. This Fucking Job
8. Get Downtown
9. After the Scene Dies
10. (It’s Gonna Be) I Told You So
11. Santa Fe
12. The Flying Wallendas
13. Eyes Like Glue
14. Girls Who Smoke [vinyl-only bonus track]

Tour Dates:

1/28 – Huntsville, Ala. @ Crossroads Music Hall
1/29 – Mobile, Ala. @ Soul Kitchen
1/30 – Tuscaloosa, Ala. @ Jupiter Bar & Grill
2/11 – Greenville, S.C. @ Handlebar
2/12 – Raleigh, N.C. @ Lincoln Theatre
2/13 – Raleigh, N.C. @ Lincoln Theatre
2/14 – Knoxville, Tenn. @ Bijou Theatre
2/25 – Charlotte, N.C. @ Neighborhood Theatre
2/26 – Charlottesville, Va. @ Jefferson Theatre
2/27 – Charlottesville, Va. @ Jefferson Theatre