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May 20, 2008

"Highly Suspicious" highly suspicious

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I've been at a loss explaining the new My Morning Jacket record, Evil Urges, to friends. Literally lost. I waver between liking it, hating it, then really loving it, and then...well you can guess what comes next. As a whole, I'm left entirely confused how the band, any band, comes to terms with selecting songs for album cohesion and ends up with the not-at-all metaphorical mixed bag that is Evil Urges.

My Morning Jacket - "Highly Suspicious"

It doesn't take long to get into wtf territory. By track three Jim James' falsetto takes a seductive back-alley turn into Prince-like androgynous inflection while encountering Michael Jackson's Thriller-era demonic laughing. However, unbeknownst to anyone, least of all My Morning Jacket fans, we were actually transplanted to a 1970s theatrical score of monster porn.

Posted by Merry Swankster at May 20, 2008 11:49 AM

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I love this song. It's got some cool spacey sounds to it that go so well with James' voice. This song makes me want to dance!

Posted by: Kelli at May 20, 2008 02:48 PM

I have no real useful comment on the new MMJ Cd, but I wanted to say that I love your beagle.

Posted by: roger at May 20, 2008 02:49 PM

I agree with everything about this post.

Posted by: Randall Monty at May 20, 2008 04:11 PM

yeah man, that beagle is sick

Posted by: anon at June 3, 2008 07:11 AM

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