We’re giving ourselves an easy start to the week – after the heatwave hell of the weekend we think we deserve it – by starting with a song by an artist we can confidently say “needs no introduction.” The My Morning Jacket frontman has a new solo album out, this is the title track to it. If you live in the usa then you’ll have the pleasure of an extensive tour (7 dates!) but there’s nothing for us poor Europeans. Wasn’t it ever so?
Jim James says of the album, and this also of this song, “We’re surrounded by all this technology that’s supposed to be so world-changing and amazing, but a lot of the time it just leaves people feeling disconnected. I really believe there’s another path through all this insanity, and it starts with putting down our phones, taking care of ourselves, being kind to other people. We need to be wowed by what’s actually real, like nature and love and music – these things that almost everyone has access to, and that still have the power to truly move us.”
Nature – well that’s all around us even in cities, love – we’re going to have to let you sort that one out for yourselves (but we have heard a rumour that it’s also all around you), but music we bring you this week, and every week. New songs, new videos, new albums – that’s what we forward looking progressive not stuck in the mud people are looking for. People like us, people like you. And – if you hadn’t heard – you can also experience it live, look around in your home-town, or a little further if necessary, and there’ll be something going on. Some of it might even be Americana.
See…that’s the trouble with featuring someone everyone knows – we have to fill the space with a mini music-positivity pep talk. Wowed Out is released August 28th on ATO records.
Album is out on 28/8 and Jim joins Keith on the AUK podcast on that very day to talk all about it. A very interesting chat indeed !