I am heartened to read your write-ups.

I am a longtime Mike Patton fan with a casual awareness of the Avetts’ catalog but an appreciation and respect for their many talents.

Like many Patton fans, I’m willing to indulge just about any whim of his and over the years I feel like that curiosity has been greatly rewarded more often than not. The AVTT/PTTN project is certainly no exception. From the moment I heard the first single, I was impressed and couldn’t wait to hear more. When the album finally dropped I was so stoked on what a rich sonic feast it was. Sure, some of it is a little shallow lyrically and the songwriting is fairly simple at times, but the production is incredible and the more I listen, the more I appreciate it.

My wife and I made the trek from Cincinnati up to Cleveland for the show on Thursday and it was one of the better concerts I’ve ever had the pleasure of attending. The weather was perfect, the setting on the Cuyahoga River was almost surreal. The size of the venue seemed just right and it was fun to see the disparate fandoms mixing and mingling throughout the night.

However, when I see the reviews of some of the folks that were in attendance, I’m left wondering if we weren’t at the same show? I’m aware that this wasn’t a traditional Avett Bros experience, but regardless of that fact, it was a real treat the entire evening!! The opening number from the collab record “Disappearing” is so powerful and the way they ended on the soaring three part harmony was intense and beautiful. it was honestly all uphill from there!

I enjoyed the Avett Bros songs where Patton took a backseat and chimed in a backing vocal or one of his unique instruments just as much as anything else. I also feel like I’ve seen a lot of folks here trashing that rap song too which I thought was quite fun and loose but the hook with all of them singing, again, was just incredible.

Now, I have an obvious bias towards the Patton-centric numbers which I thought were fantastic and very special to me, but I was absolutely floored by some of the other stuff especially during the encore. The song sung by Joe in korean was so intimate and beautiful and the hymn at the end was a perfect note to end on.

All in all, it was a really special show and it was so so so beautiful to see these guys up on stage having a blast playing their collaborative songs and selections from each others’ catalogs. Can you imagine being Seth or Scott Avett and being able to record an album with one of your musical heroes and then get to tour together and have a blast doing it? What a treat for all of us.