My Morning Jacket: Circuital

"More than any other group, My Morning Jacket has the talent ... to bring jam bands into the 21st century. Not content with just regurgitating 16-minute blues progressions, My Morning Jacket embraces experimentation with a musicality that's infinitely more convincing than that of their contemporaries, who lack the songwriting chops to make it work. And that's really My Morning Jacket's advantage. Whereas most jam bands put the emphasis on playing and regard songwriting and recording as a chore, MMJ realize that the jams are sweeter when the songs are solid. Listen to 'Wonderful (The Way I Feel),' and you'll get the idea. It's a song that could have been written by the Brill Building greats and performed by Jerry Garcia. Or 'Holdin' on to Black Metal,' which sounds like the theme to a lost '60s James Bond film. 'Circuital' is an album by a bunch of dudes who love songwriting, record-making, and playing -- all with equal fervor and mastery" (Shawn Amos, "PLAY > SKIP," Huffington Post, 5/31/11).
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