Listening now, excited to dig in
I really enjoyed it. Pretty chill overall and I can see why they didn’t really fit on the original. Feel You and Wasted both had great opened up sections at the end (I could see Feel You turning into a Phone Went West sorta situation.) Really glad to have some new MMJ
I dig it a lot. Still gotta see them love, bucket list show for sure
Really digging this on first listen. I foresee listening to a lot of this. Magic Bullet is a groove.
Yeah, I am really enjoying this album. Will be listening to this a lot this weekend.
After my first listen i’m all about Climbing the Ladder, Magic Bullet, and Wasted.
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Listened today as well. All about the back half of the album. One that no one has mentioned is “Run It” dug that song as well on first listen.
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Jim James solo stuff always gets stuck in my head:
Confessions: I love their song writing, JJ in particular really knows how to pen some great ones. My best man at our wedding is a musician and I had him perform Wonderful as part of our wedding ceremony and I was in tears of joy.
MMJ knows how to get into my feels.
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Now that you mention that Beach Boys tune, I actually got a lot of Beach Boys vibes from the new record
I think I generally prefer Carl’s solo stuff to Jim’s. Eternally Even is amazing, but the Uniform Distortion/Clarity was pretty meh IMO. Carl’s newest album is great:
Uniform Distortion is trash. Only disappointment Mr James has ever delivered.
If the first waterfall is an A+ (which I think it is) I’m giving the new one a C on first listen. Some nice songs but really nothing grabbed me much beyond Feel You and Wasted and Magic Bullet.
Dear god I hated Climbing the Ladder. Awful tune…I hope I never have to listen to that again.
Run It is a great tune.
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I’m really digging this record in general.
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The Magic Bullet, Run It, Wasted sequence is outstanding. I’d go so far as to say the top 3-4 songs compare very favorably to the top 3-4 on TWI.
Run It is sneakily becoming my favorite track on the album. Makes me want to go camping and drink beers around a campfire. Definitely one of those songs that reminds me why I fell in love with this band.
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I agree on that sequence. Definitely my favorite part of the album.
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Run it…boy it’s good. It would fit right in on It Still Moves with that boozy piano
Looks like fun. Bummed that MMJ and Isbell aren’t on the same day though
Same, that would have been insane. Add Isbell to that Saturday line-up and it’d be basically a dream come true.