My Morning Jacket thinks about #6
Generally, when a band announces they’re in the preliminary stages of a new album, two types of reactions result. One is from the fanboys, who gobble up every little detail you get. The others is from the pessimist, who responds, “get back to me when there is actually a release date.”
But when it comes to news of a new My Morning Jacket album, most will stop to listen, regardless of the depth of the details. Besides, after 2008’s much-acclaimed Evil Urges and their epic performance at last month’s Bonnaroo, who hasn’t gotten caught up in the My Morning Jacket hoopla?
In a recent interview with BBC 6Music, frontman Jim James revealed that he has already started writing material for what will be the band’s sixth studio album, a project already several years in the making.
“I’m already writing songs for the new record and stuff,” [James] said. “The process is weird because whenever we make a record, the songs come from one or two years of life that you’ve lived.
“Then by the time you get to make that record you’re in that zone but when it comes out, it’s a year or two later. So, for me personally, I’m working on the next thing.”
James revelation comes in the wake of details that he is once again working with M. Ward and Conor Oberst, aka the “Monsters of Folk.” The trio, who toured together back in 2004, is reportedly working on a studio album.
No word on when either album will hit music shelves.
My Morning Jacket 2008 Tour Dates:
07/19 - Benicassim, Spain @ Benicassim Festival
07/26 - Whistler, British Columbia @ Pemberton Festival
08/02 - Newport, RI @ Newport Folk Festival (Jim James solo)
08/16 - Louisville, KY @ The Great Lawn at Louisville Waterfront Park
08/18 - Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theatre
08/19 - Council Bluffs, IA @ Stir Cove
08/21 - Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheater *
08/23 - Dallas, TX @ Palladium Ballroom
08/24 - Austin, TX @ Stubbs
08/27 - Atlanta, GA @ Fox Theatre-Atlanta
08/29: Miami, FL @ The Fillmore Miami Beach@ the Jackie Gleason Theater
08/30: Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues- Orlando
08/31 - Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues- Myrtle Beach
09/02 - Charlottesville, VA @ Charlottesville Pavilion
09/03 - Washington, DC @ Constitution Hall
09/05 - Philadelphia, PA @ Festival Pier @ Penn’s Landing
09/06 - Boston, MA @ Bank of America Pavilion
09/19 - Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre
09/21 - Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre
09/23 - Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee
09/24 - Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint
09/25 - San Diego, CA @ SDSU Open Air Theater
09/27 - Portland, OR @ McMenamins Edgefield
09/28 - Seattle WA @ McCaw Hall
10/02 - Minneapolis, MN @ Orpheum Theatre
10/03 - Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theater
10/04 - Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore Detroit
10/09 - Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre
10/10 - Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre
12/31 - New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
* = w/ The Black Keys
Tickets are currently available via ticketmaster.com.
It must be amazing a double bill with My Morning Jacket and the Black Keys on the same night.
I wonder who is going to close.
check both of them live on liveon35mm.com
Isn’t it great that American Bands are becoming respectable again?
Evil Urges actually dropped in 2008, just an fyi