Wow - what a great song. Here's what Patterson Hood says about it:
Patterson: "The Accountant", a short film by Ray McKinnon, inspired this song.
The film is a very dark comedy about saving the family farm "by any means necessary".
This incredible movie went on to win the 2002 Academy Award for Best Feature Short.
We recorded Sink Hole live in one take our first day in the studio.
The song itself tells a different story and utilizes the geography of my family's old homestead in North Alabama. At the foot of the McGee Town hill lays an actual thirty-foot deep sinkhole. In the end, the protagonist feels morally justified as he fantasizes about burying the foreclosing banker there.
Wow - what a great song. Here's what Patterson Hood says about it:
Patterson: "The Accountant", a short film by Ray McKinnon, inspired this song. The film is a very dark comedy about saving the family farm "by any means necessary". This incredible movie went on to win the 2002 Academy Award for Best Feature Short. We recorded Sink Hole live in one take our first day in the studio.
The song itself tells a different story and utilizes the geography of my family's old homestead in North Alabama. At the foot of the McGee Town hill lays an actual thirty-foot deep sinkhole. In the end, the protagonist feels morally justified as he fantasizes about burying the foreclosing banker there.