Artist Information
Bio: Scott and Seth Avett are the brothers behind the chart-topping, GRAMMY-nominated band The Avett Brothers. Mike Patton is the journeyman rock icon best known as the frontman of Faith No More and Mr. Bungle. Together, they are AVTT/PTTN.
None of the three members of this freshly minted collective quite remember how they first made contact, but call it serendipity. What began as a casual exchange of admiration soon grew into a genuine creative partnership and their self-titled debut album AVTT/PTTN. The Avetts and Patton found themselves trading songs and ideas across coasts, with each sketch evolving as it passed through the trio’s hands.
After the album was finished, this long-distance project materialized in the real world—a North Carolina kitchen, to be exact—and emerged as a manifestation of the deepest kind of friendship. “It’s like we were pen pals with this older brother that we hadn’t seen in forever,” Scott said. Mike sees his role in AVTT/PTTN in a similar (but darkly funny) light: “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 s–. They brought him out years and years later.”
Their self-titled debut album AVTT/PTTN is out now, and the band’s 2026 US headlining tour kicks off on March 28th at Big Ears Festival.
