LISTEN: My Morning Jacket Returns with Mammoth New Track “Big Decisions”

The group’s seventh album is called “The Waterfall,” and is out May 4 via ATO and Capitol Records
LISTEN: My Morning Jacket Returns with Mammoth New Track “Big Decisions”

The group’s seventh album is called “The Waterfall,” and is out May 4 via ATO and Capitol Records

Words: Nate Rogers

photo by Danny Clinch

March 03, 2015

2015. My Morning Jacket press photo by Danny Clinch

In the wake of Built to Spill’s long-awaited return, here comes another overdue album within the guitar group pantheon, this time from My Morning Jacket. Also overcoming the largest album gap in their career, the last we saw these long-haired Kentucky dudes was with the pretty-damn-solid LP Circuital back in 2011.

Refreshed, the band has announced The Waterfall, their seventh, along with the release of the single “Big Decisions.” The track is a guitar-driven epic, because duh, but it’s also just as pretty as some of their best stuff, harking back to the It Still Moves days, complete with Harvest-style steel guitar complementing Jim James’s strange backhanded insults.

As they are known to do, My Morning Jacket are setting out on a gigantic tour, where they aim to defend their title as one of rock’s premier live acts. All that information, along with the album art and tracklist below.

The Waterfall tracklisting

1. Believe (Nobody Knows)My_Morning_Jacket-2015-The_Waterfall-Cover_Art
2. Compound Fracture
3. Like A River
4. In Its Infancy (The Waterfall)
5. Get The Point
6. Spring (Among the Living)
7. Thin Line
8. Big Decisions
9. Tropics (Erase Traces)
10. Only Memories Remain

 

My Morning Jacket tour dates

May
15 – Athens, GA – Georgia Theatre
16 – Knoxville, TN – Tennessee Theatre
17 – Gulf Shores, AL – Hangout Festival
23 – Boston, MA – Boston Calling Festival

June
3 – Cleveland, OH – State Theatre
4 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
5 – New York, NY – Governors Ball Music Festival
7 – Toronto, ON – Field Trip Festival
9 – Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre
10 – Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre
11 – Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre
12-14 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo
16 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore
17 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore
19 – Waverly, IA – Gentlemen of the Road Stopover
20 – Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theatre
23 – Columbus, OH – Palace Theatre
24 – Columbus, OH – Palace Theatre
26 – Minneapolis, MN – Northrup Auditorium
27 – Minneapolis, MN – Northrup Auditorium

July
17-19 – Louisville, KY – Forecastle Festival
21 – Charlottesville, VA – nTelos Wireless Pavilion
22 – Lewiston, NY – Artpark Series
26 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion
28 – Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheatre
29 – Charlotte, NC – Uptown Amphitheatre
31 – New Orleans, LA – Champions Square

August
1 – St. Augustine, FL – Amphitheatre
3 – Miami, FL – The Fillmore
4 – Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live
7 – Atlanta, GA – Fox Theatre
8 – Atlanta, GA – Fox Theatre
10 – Birmingham, AL – BJCC Concert Hall
12 – St. Louis, MO – The Peabody Opera House
13 – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre
14 – Denver, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre

The Waterfall is out May 4 via ATO and Capitol Records.