Drive-By Truckers Release 'Black Ice Vérité' Concert Film, 'English Oceans Deluxe' Today

By: Nov. 18, 2014
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"This truly is Armageddon..." said the local Athens, GA meteorologist on the seemingly sub-zero night last winter that the Drive-By Truckers were scheduled to play live at the 40 Watt. Luckily no snow, ice or hail could stop the band from firing up the room as they performed their critically acclaimed 12th LP, English Oceans, in full.

Titled Black Ice Vérité (directed by Jason Thrasher), fans will be able to re-live this concert experience as a live film, to be released on November 18th. Courtesy of Paste, watch + share the film's trailer HERE.

An extended edition of the record entitled English Oceans Deluxe will also be released onNovember 18th. In addition to the full album, the deluxe CD will contain eight live bonus tracks and the Black Ice Vérité DVD, as will the LP version on bright white vinyl. Bonus live versions will include "Dead Drunk and Naked" from the band's seminal Southern Rock Opera, as well asEnglish Oceans' saucy "s Shots Count" and contemplative closer "Grand Canyon".

As the final track on English Oceans, "Grand Canyon" brings together both the record and the band's 40 Watt performance, as it is an emotionally overwhelming elegy for Craig Lieske. Lieske was a longtime member of DBT's touring family, a former manager of the 40 Watt Club and a key player in the city's experimental music scene. Lieske died suddenly of a heart attack in January 2013 following the first night of the band's three-night homecoming stand in Athens.English Oceans is dedicated to him.

"I probably wrote it in 15 minutes," Hood says. "It wasn't any kind of a conscious thing. It's the most important song of mine on the record. I wrote new songs to go with it. It recalibrated something. It became a totally different record for me than the record I thought we were going to make."

Head below for Black Ice Vérité and English Oceans Deluxe pre-order links, as well as the band's upcoming rock shows with Lucero, Houndmouth and more.

Tour Dates

9/12 - Louisville, KY - Iroquois Amphitheater w/ North Mississippi All-stars

9/13 - Detroit, MI - Royal Oak Theater%

9/14 - Champaign, IL - Canopy Club%

9/16 - Omaha, NE - Slowdown#

9/17 - Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom#

9/18 - Dallas, TX - Southside Music Hall#

9/19 - Memphis, TN - Minglewood Hall%

10/4 - Mt. Pleasant, SC - Holy City Hogs

10/10 - Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle$

10/11 - Birmingham, AL - Cask and Drum

10/ 17 - New York, NY - Beacon Theater$

10/ 18 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory$

10/ 19 - Albany, NY - Hart Theatre at The Egg

10/21 - Pawtucket, RI - The Met

10/22 - Bethlehem, PA - Musikfest Cafe

10/23 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall^

10/24 - Chicago, IL - Riviera Theater^

10/25 - Springfield, MO - Gillioz Theater^

10/28 - Fayetteville, AR - George's Majestic Lounge^

10/29 - Oxford, MS - The Lyric Oxford^

10/30 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium^

11/1 - Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore^

11/20, 21, 22 - San Fran, CA - The Fillmore w/ Sturgill Simpson

# = Lucero

% = Lee Bains & The Glory Fires

$ = St. Paul & the Broken Bones

^ = Houndmouth

CD Bonus Track Listing

1. First Air of Autumn

2. Grand Canyon

3. Made Up English Oceans

4. The Part of Him

5. Feb 14

6. Panties in Your Purse

7. Dead Drunk and Naked

8. s Shots Count

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