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The new record offers a fresh take on the traditional raw style of earlier albums like Mignonette (2004) and Emotionalism (2007). The switch to Columbia, however, had some fans worried that the down-home jam band might have succumbed to pop culture. "There is something that happens when you do something 300 times a year," [Bob Crawford] said during a recent phone interview with The New Times. "The rawness found on earlier Avett Brothers records was all we could do at the time. It's the curse of maturity that the sound has become so refined."
The album also marks the first time the guys allowed a producer to be in charge of the track sequence. The group had chosen 12 songs until [Rick Rubin] made them give the album's third track, "Head Full of Doubt," a closer listen. "It had just got lost in the shuffle," Crawford explains. "It took a fresh set of ears to remind us how great it was. There is Rubin the legend and there is Rubin the team member."See the full content of this document
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Hey, Avett!
Known for popping banjo and guitar strings right and left while tearing through live sets, The Avett Brothers' nontraditional bluegrass style has earned the trio from Concord, N.C., a fai...
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