Patterson Hood: Murdering Oscar (and Other Love Songs)

Patterson Hood is one of the best song writers around these days. Just listen to the tracks he has penned with the Drive-By Truckers and tell me any differently.

Here is his second solo album, "Murdering Oscar (and Other Love Songs), which is filled with a mix of brooding dark troubled tunes as well as some light hearted upbeat ones. With each track Patterson is able to tell a story in such great detail that the listener is transformed into his world and gets a glimpse of what he has experienced and what his life is about. Marriage, children, bad experiences litter the songs of this record.

To the DBT fan this album will come easy, but if you are new to Hood you may have to give it a few listens to really grasp how good this album is.