The Carpenter, out Sept. 11, continues on that journey, dispensing cheerily hook-filled anthems (the gorgeous single "Live and Die," the charming kiss-off jam "I Never Knew You") amid more introspective looks at mortality, devotion and a desire to "live the life I'm given" (to borrow a few words from the album-opening ballad "The Once and Future Carpenter"). Informed in part by the struggles of bassist Bob Crawford, whose 2-year-old daughter is battling a brain tumor, The Carpenter carries serious thematic weight — fully half its songs address death in some way or another. But there's still an appealing sense of lightness to it, whether in the lilting "Down With the Shine," the churning rocker "Pretty Girl From Michigan" (the latest in a long line of The Avett Brothers' "Pretty Girl From [Place]" songs), and playfully stompy rave-ups like the 97-second "Geraldine."
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The Carpenter, out Sept. 11, continues on that journey, dispensing cheerily hook-filled anthems (the gorgeous single "Live and Die," the charming kiss-off jam "I Never Knew You") amid more introspective looks at mortality, devotion and a desire to "live the life I'm given" (to borrow a few words from the album-opening ballad "The Once and Future Carpenter"). Informed in part by the struggles of bassist Bob Crawford, whose 2-year-old daughter is battling a brain tumor, The Carpenter carries serious thematic weight — fully half its songs address death in some way or another. But there's still an appealing sense of lightness to it, whether in the lilting "Down With the Shine," the churning rocker "Pretty Girl From Michigan" (the latest in a long line of The Avett Brothers' "Pretty Girl From [Place]" songs), and playfully stompy rave-ups like the 97-second "Geraldine."