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The debut album from AVTT/PTTN, a collaboration between The Avett Brothers and Mike Patton. Scott and Seth Avett are the brothers behind the chart-topping, Grammy-nominated band The Avett Brothers. Mike Patton is the journeyman rock icon best known as the frontman of Faith No More and Mr. Bungle. These three are proud to unveil a new album and project. Together, they are AVTT/PTTN.

AVTT/PTTN finds these three kindred spirits on equal footing as songwriters and collaborators, no one party seeming to hold greater creative influence over the other. Throughout the record, there’s an ease and musical seamlessness to how these first-time collaborators lock in with each other.

After the secret labor of making AVTT/PTTN was finished, the emotional weight of the project—its beauty and its vulnerability—finally landed on all three of them. In Mike, the Avett brothers had found a collaborator with whom they could cut the small talk and dig deep right away. They made music born from mutual respect, trust, and an inherent understanding of where each person was coming from.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: He doesn't hang about for long does he, Mikey P. This particular project sees Mike teaming up with the Avett Brothers for a mixture of weirdo country and deft stoner rock, with clear influences from both camps but meeting in the middle in a sort of swampy haze. If you like Fantomas and Peeping Tom and Lovage and The Tango Saloon and Faith No More and Mr. Bungle, you'll probably like this.

TRACK LISTING

1. Dark Night Of My Soul
2. To Be Known
3. Heaven's Breath
4. Too Awesome
5. Disappearing
6. Eternal Love
7. The Ox Driver's Song
8. The Things I Do
9. Received