one album that is definitely near the top of my list of upcoming releases has to be the upcoming album by monsters of folk, the cheekily-titled indie rock supergroup comprised of m. ward, jim james of my morning jacket, conor oberst of bright eyes and producer mike mogis, also of bright eyes. weve only heard a few tracks so far, but from whats been released, the album sounds very promising. the tracks seem to cover a wide range of genres and you can definitely tell that each song sort of plays off the style of one of the members of the group.
after one listen to “dear god (sincerely m.o.f.)”, its clear that this track is definitely in the key of my morning jacket. aside from the obvious fact that jim james provides most of the vocals, there are clear signs of my morning jacket all over this one. the chord changes are classic mmj, and the overall dreamy feel of the song adds to it. the exciting part about this album is the stark contrast between this song and the m. ward led “say please” and “the right place”, which, based on the 10 second youtube teaser, sounds like it will definitely be highlighting conor oberst. is this the first time musicians have posted 10-15 second teasers of upcoming songs on youtube (just search for monsters of folk)? either way, its definitely an interesting marketing strategy and one that seems to be working in this case. the cool part about their tour is they’ll be playing monsters of folk tunes, plus songs by all of their own respective “solo” acts. but im pretty sure they arent making a stop in detroit, because nobody makes stops in detroit anymore.
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