My Morning Jacket are a big time festival band that are starting to make some headway in the mainstream music industry. The band is a Bonnaroo favorite, having played at the festival for 5 out of the 7 years of its existance.
Coupled with that, the band has also had the honors of opening up for Pearl Jam and will soon grace the May edition of Spin Magazine all in preparation for their new album Evil Urges which is set for release on June, 10th.
The new single for the album, bears the odd moniker "Touch Me I'm Going to Scream Pt. 2." The band seems to pick up right where they left off after the ambitious 2005 release Z, which found them straying from their trademark southern rock roots for a more experimental tone.
Despite the fact that lead singer Jim James reported the album was likely to harken back to the more classic rock sounding LP "It Still Moves," the single has a stronger sonic resemblence to songs like "Wordless Chorus" and "It Beats 4 U"
While it is indicitive that the band has not lost its creative prowess, it does seem that this album is going to steer in a funkier more dancable direction. MMJ continues to set themselves apart by trying to defy genres and it is likely like with a typical MMJ album it is most likely that they better cuts will be buried deeper in the album.
Drummer, Patrick Hallahan, talked about his plans for the new album at a Bonnaroo press conference last week.
Boston College Reporter Jeff Wallace asked, "With such a limited live scheduled this summer, I mean, how does it feel to return to the Bonnaroo, you know, immediately after that album drops?"
Pat Hallahan: It just so happens that, you know, we had planned that album dropping time before Bonnaroo have actually asked us to join on and we thought as the perfect opportunity to, you know, play right after the album drops. So that’s actually going to be – I guess, our official national listening party between that and Radio City Music Hall.
The drummer goes on to say that their set list for the Tennesee concert will likely "mix the new material in with the old material" saying the album basically added "13 new songs to extend our set list time." Adding ultimately that he has a particular place in his heart for Bonnaroo as it "the only festival that will let us play for three hours straight."
Single: "Touch Me I'm Going to Scream Pt. 2"
Rating: 3/5
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