.theavettbros tackle America's 'rough journey' on their new album
“The words are right up front. It doesn’t work all that well in movies, because it’s not great as background music. It kind of gets in the way of whatever you’re doing, for better or worse. And for our most enthusiastic and devoted fans, that’s exactly what it needs to be.”
The earnestness in “We Americans” does not flag, and Seth's voice is unobscured by instrumentation so you don’t miss any of the words. They go on to bemoan “the greed and arrogance of Manifest Destiny,” the “sins of Andrew Jackson” and how it’s “short-sighted” to say all of this was a long time ago and that we should just move on.
“As a collective,” Scott says, “we’ve always talked about current events. Nobody can get away from it. There’s more news coming in than anybody can process. There’s no doubt a song like ‘We Americans’… that’s a topic that’s relevant. It’s been relevant since this country was founded. It’s not new.
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