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NEW SINGLE: Is Mike Patton In His Country Era? Check Out AVTT/PTTN's New Tune 'Eternal Love'
- Tiana Speter
- Sep 22
- 2 min read
Mike Patton is one of those truly rare musical beasts; a creative who is renowned for pushing beyond any genre confine in the book, and actively exceeding whatever he sets his mind to. Thrash metal? Yep. Noisy avant-garde fever dreams? Yes. Vintage Italian pop songs? Tick. You name it, and Patton has likely either dabbled in it or been adjacent to its creation.
Revered on a wider scale for his work with the likes of Faith No More and Mr. Bungle (as well as Fantomas, Tomahawk, Peeping Tom, Mondo Cane, Lovage and many, many more), his work behind Ipecac Recordings, and also infamous for his insane vocal range and diversity that can flit from swooning croon to screeching like a banshee without breaking a sweat, it's been a minute since Patton kicked off an entirely new project. But 2025 has well and truly delivered the goods with the announcement of his team-up with GRAMMY-winning Americana act The Avett Brothers. Something unlikely to be on many people's bingo cards: is Mike Patton entering his country era? Grab a listen below to Eternal Love, boasting The Avett Brothers and Patton in their brand new collab project AVTT/PTTN.
Taken from the freshly-announced debut self-titled album for AVTT/PTTN due out on November 14, Eternal Love is a stunning amalgamation of Patton's measured yet bewitching gruffness alongside The Avett Brothers' soft yet powerful folk-rock wiles, resulting in a country ballad that is rough around the edges while tugging at your heartstrings - and if the lead single for the upcoming album is anything to go by, we are definitely in for a treat come November 14.
The upcoming album AVTT/PTTN also boasts another glittering name behind the scenes, with GRAMMY-winning legend Dana Nielsen (Metallica, Rihanna, System Of A Down) producing, bringing this unexpected but incredible collaboration to amazing heights.
"This is what art is," Scott Avett shared accompanying the release of Eternal Love. "This is what making is supposed to be: in secret and with no ambition. Mike’s part of our DNA, like the fabric of our youth. Literally, we studied him. He’s a dear friend now, but when we were younger, I was imitating him.”
Adds Patton: “My peculiar challenge in this was to become a long-distant cousin. A brother that was orphaned. Maybe they kept him in the chicken coop or some shit. They brought him out years and years later."
AVTT/PTTN - due out November 14 via Thirty Tigers / Ramseur Records / Ipecac Recordings
BY TIANA SPETER
