New Album Evil Urges (ATO Records) Out June 10th


My Morning Jacket Tickets


It's about that time again: My Morning Jacket are gearing up to take their spectacle of a live show cross country and they're bringing their talent to the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino at 9 pm Wednesday, September 24. Those who were fortunate enough to attend the band's SXSW performance saw the new songs fit seamlessly beside the now-classic older material.  It will be an unforgettable experience to watch Evil Urges translate into the visceral and spontaneous medium that characterizes their live performances.   Almost all dates will be "An Evening with My Morning Jacket," as the band will generously perform epic, extended sets.


The past several My Morning Jacket albums have each reflected the passion that the band shares for music of all categories while continuing to nurture their signature aesthetic.  Stylistically, Evil Urges is the album that My Morning Jacket has been making for almost ten years.  Their previous work has emboldened them with the confidence to continue to grow in ways few artists would be capable of achieving.  Admirably, Jim James' songwriting manages to remain as organic and cohesive as ever, making their musical leaps forward fluid, logical, entertaining, and inspiring.  


More than ever before, the band treated the studio itself as a musical instrument for the recording of Evil Urges.  Thus co-producers Jim James and Joe Chiccarelli truly collaborated on the band's most ambitious and convincingly executed album to date.


Although their last album, Okonokos, has been hailed as one of the best live albums of the new millennium, My Morning Jacket is a band that holds no desire to merely replicate their past work.  As kinetic and transcendent as their legendary shows are, the band is not attempting to achieve concert realism with the recording of the new album.  Within opening track, "Evil Urges," alone, this focused eclecticism is immediately evident. It is clear that My Morning Jacket have officially outgrown their ‘best live band' label.  Now, Jim James (guitar, vox), Two Tone Tommy (bass), Patrick Hallahan (drums), Carl Broemel (guitar) and Bo Koster (keys) are ready to be the best band, period.


My Morning Jacket is also thrilled to become a part of the Saturday Night Live Legacy.  The band will play on the show for the very first time this weekend.  Tune in on 11:30 pm EST Saturday, May 10 for a frenetic and mesmerizing historic performance.


My Morning Jacket Tickets


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