Anybody ever listen to My Morning Jacket???

okonokos is still monstrous. is there a single song on it that doesn’t improve immensely on the studio version? it’s nearly impossible to go back to z after hearing the okonokos versions of the singles—it beats 4 u and what a wonderful man are kinda nothing songs in the studio, but they both kick all sorts of ass on this record.

It Still Moves was such a pivotal record for me back in college. I never could quite get into the subsequent releases as much, save for a few songs here and there. I should check out okonokos as it was released in the time frame from when I cared about them.

Yeah definitely check it out, it’s basically a best-of of their current career, except every song is a bit more muscular

New album out today.

sounding really nice, first track is an instant mmj classic

Sounds nice yes, but I keep missing the raw energy of earlier albums. It Still Moves still moves me more

yeah i don't begrudge them for mellowing out a bit, as long as there are still some moments where the earth shakes

These guys were pretty unstoppable through their first four albums, in my opinion. Then they got a little shaky on Evil Urges and Circuital, although both of those albums contain absolute stunners alongside some more questionable stuff. I have almost no memory of The Waterfall. Can't recall if I liked it or not - I guess I need to try it again. Listening to The Waterfall II right now and it's just kinda there so far. But I need to give it a more honest listen.

i was really really really into mmj when i was mostly listening to that mojo magazine stuff. i think it was partly a midwest thing, partly a hometown connection thing. i know they got a lot of shit because of their being jam-band-adjacent and indie-adjacent both, which doesn't sound like a winning combo on paper, but i don't know, i still liked them, just like i still like wilco. the heartland is dead, i hope never to go back, but i have good memories of listening to their music, they killed when i saw them live in '11.

they haven't grabbed me since then. says more about me than it says about them, i think. i got friends i like and respect who still stan them. what my morning jacket are doing has nothing to do with my life, has little to do with the world today as far as i can tell, but i'm glad they still exist and people still listen to them.

Okonokos fucking rips. Such a great live album, with a band at its absolute peak.

One of my favorite live bands, and the one I've seen the most. I've seen them on multiple nights in a row and they've played consecutive sets with no repeats.

The new album is kind of forgettable. Jim's lyrics are never all that, but he's kind of phoned this one in. Some of it is "moon-spoon-June" level.

I actually thought the new one was better than the last few, but I've long ago quit paying attention to his lyrics really. The first two songs were awful, but I thought the rest was decent and a few of the tracks reminded me of what I love about them, especially some of the longer burning songs.

I don't know, maybe the problem is that the lyrics are more comprehensible on this one than they have been on the last few.