My Morning Jacket – Chocolate and Ice (CD)
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Released between their early Darla Records albums and their eventual breakthrough, "Chocolate and Ice" captures My Morning Jacket at a hungry, exploratory moment, when Jim James and company were still a word-of-mouth secret passed between fans on tape trees and message boards. The band's live reputation was already growing fast in the early 2000s, and these six tracks hint at the cathedral-sized sound they'd soon unleash on bigger stages.
My Morning Jacket, the Louisville, KY outfit that continue to defy categorization, return with a new E.P. entitled 'Chocolate and Ice.' Equal parts Southern Blues, Americana and dreamy psychaedelica, My Morning Jacket's appeal stems from, among other things, the hauntingly raw vocals of lead singer and guitarist, Jim James. While seeming to simultaneously channel the spirits of both Neil Young and Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne, Jim James leads his musical cohorts along a journey of reverb-drenched melodies, velvet melancholy lyrics, and instrumentation that combines old country swagger with classic pop sentimentality. Live, My Morning Jacket turn the proverbial amp up to 11 and rock so hard that 'shards of glass from broken beer bottles thrown against the chickenwire amidst a bar-room brawl only add to the rhythmic mayhem (from a fan website).' Clocking in at over 40 minutes, the new E.P. is still longer than the green Weezer album. B+ - Entertainment Weekly.
Tracklist
Disc 1
1. Can You See The Hard Helmet On My Head? (3:43)
2. Sooner (3:37)
3. Cobra (24:12)
4. It's Been A Great 3 Or 4 Years (4:01)
5. Holy (1:59)
6. Sweetheart (3:05)
UPC: 709363698021
Label: Badman Records
Release Date: 4.16.02
Format: CD