My Morning Jacket have announced a new album: is, the follow-up to 2021’s My Morning Jacket, arrives March 21 via ATO. It’s led by the single ‘Time Waited’, which is accompanied by a Danny Clinch-directed video. Check it out below.
The new album marks the first MMJ LP that wasn’t produced or co-produced by frontman Jim James. The band worked on the 10-track effort with Brendan O’Brien, known for his work with Bruce Springsteen and Pearl Jam. “Up until now I’ve never been able to let go and allow someone else to steer the ship,” James explained in a statement. “It almost felt like an out-of-body experience to step back and give control over to someone who’s far more accomplished and made so many more records than us, but in the end I was able to enjoy the process maybe more than I ever have before.”
Commenting on ‘Time Waited’, James said: “I made a loop of that piano intro and listened as I went for a walk, and all these melodies started coming to me,” For a long time, I didn’t have lyrics, but then I had a dream where I was in a café and a song was playing, and the lyrics to that song became the lyrics to ‘Time Waited’ — the melodies just fit perfectly. And the lyrics are about how flexible time is, how we can bend and warp time, especially if we are following our hearts, the universe and time itself can flow to work with us.”
is Cover Artwork:
is Tracklist:
1. Out in the Open
2. Half a Lifetime
3. Everyday Magic
4. I Can Hear Your Love
5. Time Waited
6. Beginning From the Ending
7. Lemme Know
8. Squid Ink
9. Die for It
10. River Road