The Waterfall
The Waterfall, My Morning Jacket's seventh album, is less a return to form than to spirit, reaffirming what an exciting rock band MMJ can be when they’re at their most generous, curious and restless.
Jim James has become an unashamed sentimentalist. On My Morning Jacket’s 2005 major-label release, Z, the band’s frontman reared his thoughts upward with a spiritual tilt, molding them around godly references. Now, his focus is inward, musing on beliefs that pray for self-realization. As he sings to open The Waterfall,…
My Morning Jacket's eclecticism has long been one of their strong suits, but their sonic wanderlust seems to fail them a bit on their seventh studio album, The Waterfall.
Jim James sounds like a man at ease on My Morning Jacket’s latest effort The Waterfall, with the veteran Kentuckians back at their mid-noughties best.
Given the unexpected (and occasionally jarring) twists and turns on My Morning Jacket's last two records, their latest offering feels restra...
Jim James is rock music's leading mystic. For years, his lyrics have explored big philosophical questions, and contain frequent mentions of spiritual concepts.
The Kentucky five-piece seem to have lost touch with their space-rocking former selves on their latest release
My Morning Jacket’s forays into synth-heavy prog and arena rock on The Waterfall are alternately inventive and bafflingly blockheaded.
Review of 'The Waterfall,' the new album from My Morning Jacket. The band's full-length comes out May 4th via ATO. The new single "Spring" is now streaming.
My Morning Jacket’s new album has a warmth that was missing from their last, and Jim James’ voice sounds spellbindingly gorgeous