I’m Amazed – My Morning Jacket
Okay, so I think the new My Morning Jacket album is…to put it bluntly…not very good. If you ever heard the Violent Femmes album New Times, you know what I’m talking about – the deep sense of embarrassment I feel at listening to what happens when a band I like decides to internalize the very worst of the 80s and call it an album. There’s a couple decent tracks in the second half when they just let the guitars and Jim James do their things – “I’m Amazed” starts out nicely although I could live without the guitar histronics in the second half. And “Sec Walkin” – apart from the corny backing vocals – is very pretty.
But even if the rest of the record was great, I simply cannot get past their decision to release “Highly Suspicious” which may be the single worst song I’ve heard in years. For shame, My Morning Jacket.