''My Morning Jacket'' is the ninth studio album by American rock band
My Morning Jacket
My Morning Jacket is an American rock band formed in Louisville, Kentucky in 1998. The band consists of vocalist/guitarist Jim James, bassist Tom Blankenship, drummer Patrick Hallahan, guitarist Carl Broemel, and keyboardist Bo Koster. The ba ...
, released on October 22, 2021, through
ATO Records. It is their first album of newly recorded material in six years, following ''
The Waterfall'' (2015). The album was preceded by the release of the single "Regularly Scheduled Programming".
Recording
The album was recorded at 64 Sound in
Los Angeles
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, with
Jim James
James Edward Olliges Jr. (born April 27, 1978), professionally known as Jim James or Yim Yames, is an American vocalist, guitarist, producer, and primary songwriter of the rock band My Morning Jacket. He has also released several solo albums.
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as producer and engineer.
Critical reception
On review aggregator
Metacritic
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, the album has a score of 80 out of 100 based on five critics' reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reception.
Janne Oinonen of ''
The Line of Best Fit
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It publishes independent music reviews, features, interview, and media. Founded by Richard Thane in February 2007 and currently edited by P ...
'' found the album to be a "supremely engaging, often blissfully beautiful halfway point between the glossy eccentricities of more recent MMJ albums and those old slow-burn yet highly combustible 'jam band' dynamics".
Track listing
Charts
References
{{My Morning Jacket
2021 albums
Albums produced by Jim James
ATO Records albums
My Morning Jacket albums