![]() “We are the innovators,” My Morning Jacket’s frontman Jim James sang Friday night on “Wordless Chorus,” the blooming psych-pop opener to the band’s fourth album, Z. James shrieked into the mic, his voice echoing for minutes, as song closed out completely different than it started. ![]() ![]() James played a sinister electric guitar riff that sounded like it could signal the rise of a vampire from his castle, as Broemel summoned a dark storm of feedback. 1, meanwhile, started with James playing a funky-weird melody that sounded like a video game score on a small keyboard, then picked up into a Bee Gees-on-acid disco jam with fast dance beats from the lion-maned Patrick Hallahan. “Touch Me I’m Going to Scream Pt.2,” the much weirder cousin to Pt. The former unfolds in layers of distorted guitar, lap steel, reverb-y keyboards, ambient noise, then crashes with a careening riffs, rolling-thunder drums, and James pleading, “Distance - coming or going, come on?” like he’s unsure of what’s next. The set’s standouts were “Smokin’ from Shootin'” and set closer “Touch Me I’m Going to Scream Pt.2,” two of the most impressive songs from MMJ’s catalogue, which strike a balance between the band’s past and future. The band masterfully shifted gears, from one genre to the next: the prog skronk of “Highly Suspicious” the shadowy, electronic-flecked psych-rock of “Touch Me I’m Going to Scream Pt.1” the brawny alt-rock of “Remnants” the gorgeous country ballad “Look at You,” performed on acoustic guitar by frontman Jim James while guitarist Carl Broemel played lap steel in the wings and the nu-roadhouse boogie of “Aluminum Park,” which had Broemel pulling out some impressive high kicks onstage. Evil Urges is wildly eclectic MMJ never allowed the crowd get comfortable or bored. ![]() The differences between Monday night’s set playing their 1999 debut album The Tennessee Fire and Saturday’s closer were jarring. Also Read My Morning Jacket’s Circuital Set for Deluxe Reissue ![]()
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