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Album Review: My Morning Jacket - The Waterfall

Steve Bell
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"A strong band continuing forwards without abandoning the past."

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Kentucky country-rockers MMJ’s seventh album – their last was 2011’s Circuital – is a collection of lush, predominantly mid-tempo ramblers housing the delicate, elegant worldview of frontman Jim James.

Ethereal opener, Believe (Nobody Knows) takes up where James’ recent solo foray left off – airy and intricate – but from here it gradually returns to more rocking terrain, refined tunes like Spring (Among The Living), Big Decisions and Thin Line conjuring disparate moods and reminiscent of the early MMJ aesthetic rather than more recent forays. A strong band continuing forwards without abandoning the past.