Monsters of Folk - Monsters of Folk

Monsters Of Folk – comprised of Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis, My Morning Jacket’s
Jim James & singer/songwriter M. Ward – release their first collaborative album.

Although these critically acclaimed artists have shared the stage before, this
album marks their first recorded output as a band. Monsters Of Folk
began as folklore of sorts, when Jim James, Conor Oberst, M. Ward and
Mike Mogis did their first run of shows together in 2004. Like the musical
revue shows that went town to town when rock ‘n’ roll was newly born, the
tour was called ‘An Evening With: Bright Eyes, Jim James & M. Ward’,
although amongst friends and crew it became affectionately known as the
‘Monsters Of Folk Tour’. While entertaining audiences coast to coast with
gorgeous acoustic melodies and world weary tales, the foursome vowed to
make their way to a studio at some point after the tour’s completion.
Instead, the songsmiths went on to individually release some of rock music’s
most exciting and essential albums of the last five years – Bright Eyes’ ‘I’m
Wide Awake, It’s Morning’ and ‘Cassadaga’; My Morning Jacket’s ‘Z’
and ‘Evil Urges’; M. Ward’s ‘Post War’ and ‘Hold Time’. Never ones to
forget their promise, when downtime presented itself, they convened in the
studio multiple times over two years, with Mike Mogis at the helm of their
first recorded effort. The result is as stunning and storied as you would
expect it to be.

All four members play every instrument on the album, supplying everything
from drum kills to cascading backing vocals. The songs – some road-worn
fables, some intimate and intricate with electronic elements, some woozy
and sun-soaked – are everything one expects from these four musical minds
collaborating together. The album exudes a warm, organic spaciousness,
filled by brilliant choruses, intoxicating harmonies and effortless
melodies, as each member brings his own strengths to the table to create
one perfect whole.


Tracklisting:

Dear God (Sincerely MOF) * Say Please * Whole Lotta
Losin’ * Temazcal * The Right Place * Baby Boomer * Man
Named Truth * Goodway * Ahead Of The Curve * Slow
Down Jo * Losin Yo Head * Magic Marker * Map Of The
World * The Sandman, The Brakeman And Me * His
Master’s Voice

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