u/trevorbolliger

Y'all are going to downvote me again, but she must've read my complaints from last year. Her Red Rocks show this year was absolutely incredible. The energy, the setlist, the balance of released tracks vs. unreleased vs. covers... not to mention HER BAND is playing on a whole new level.

Take note, musicians. THAT'S how you perform in the Colorado rain.

The Red Rocks set lists were full of the hits and classics, but aside from Seth’s Feathe song (no comment) there wasn’t anything else new or radically surprising. No new tracks, no deep cuts unplayed for decades. I was convinced we’d get at least one AVTT/PTTN track but they more-or-less pretended that collab never happened.

Thanks to the 104 folks who took the survey last week! Take a look at all the results here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FeiL94DV_X0qRtEVga-xnYOn2e8ix7u3/view

Here's a quick summary:

• 62.5% of respondents said they were Curious when AVTT/PTTN was announced. An equal ~22% of second-place adjectives were Excited, Optimistic, Skeptical, and Confused

• Folks who report that, pre-collab, they were only Avett fans (76 respondents)

  • The album slightly grew appreciation by Avett fans over the past 6 months, from 27.2% to 38.2%
  • The biggest cohort for both launch and 6 months later is "It's not for me"
  • Most folks would not prefer another AVTT/PTTN collab album.

• Folks who report that, pre-collab, they were only Mike Patton fans (17)

  • The album grew appreciation by Patton fans over the past 6 months, from 70.6% to 88.2%
  • The biggest cohort for launch was "I enjoyed it" and 6 months later its "I love it!"
  • By a wide margin, most folks would prefer another AVTT/PTTN collab album.

• Folks who report that, pre-collab, they were fans of both AVTT and PTTN (11)

  • The album grew appreciation over the past 6 months, from 63.7% to 90.9%
  • The biggest cohort for both launch and 6 months later is "I love it!"
  • 90.9% of pre-collab fans of both AVTT and PTTN want to hear another AVTT/PTTN album.

This data is a slice of a slice of self-reported truth. It's a small group of folks on a subreddit, not representative of the full Avett Brothers or Mike Patton fan bases. But it's a directional snapshot of this subreddit.

I've been a moderator on r/TheAvettBrothers for over a decade and I've never seen anything quite like the AVTT/PTTN collaboration. I thought a private survey could be a (mostly) unbiased pulse-check on how this subreddit feels about the project, now that we've had half a year to digest and appreciate.

https://forms.gle/1tfy4kXYeT13442Y9