Listen to MMJ's Evil Urges NOW!

What a way to start the day! I love MMJ and I really dig the new stuff. Can't wait for the Greek in L.A.

This is dangerous. Do I dare blow my mind so early in the day???

8 MORE DAYS!!!!!

Sweet!

i would be excited for this if this album had not leaked on the internet over a month ago - i really dig the new stuff. 2 nights in chicago, c ya there

I have already heard the new album and its phenomenal. Pick it up whenever it comes out

sorry to break it to the rest of you, but the new album really isnt very good. like many of you, i got a leaked version a couple months back and have listened through it a bunch of times. sure, its catchy-ish, and the soul-pop-prince-r&b sound is interesting, but there is no way this album holds a light to any of their last 3. new jammy fans will probably go kookoo for this thing, but most seasoned mmj listeners are going to be disappointed. and jim james' falsetto is not good at all. and most of the lyrics are laughable. sorry guys. go in with an open mind and decide for yourself.

im sure their live shows will still be top-notch though...

Scat is an idiot, the new cd is great...not news though, this cd is literally being handed out all over the place. "Touch me (pt II)" should be crunchy live...

laughable lyrics scat?? really??

Have you had enough excitement now

more than you ever did

You never wanted to be treated like a woman

You maintained you was just a kid

Well at least you were of age my dear

these days kids they grow so fast

You never wanted to be committed to the present

You're too busy believing in the past, oh

Who then was your savior

Who then was your friend

Who is now committed to the present

Is it someone that exists

What is life in God?

A perfect vision of the self?

I always thought we was dealing with one thing

Now we are dealing with something else, oh

[Chorus]

Do you see my smoking guns

they're smoking from a shootin'

smoking from shootin'

smokin' from shootin at nothing here

Do you live your life on the road?

Yeah loosing that I'm loving

Asking for nothing

Runnin' from something that isn't there, oh

Looking forward to this, and hoping this doesn't cause them to get super huge.

Toronto...finally...just over a week away!

"sorry to break it to the rest of you, but the new album really isnt very good. like many of you, i got a leaked version a couple months back and have listened through it a bunch of times. sure, its catchy-ish, and the soul-pop-prince-r&b sound is interesting, but there is no way this album holds a light to any of their last 3. new jammy fans will probably go kookoo for this thing, but most seasoned mmj listeners are going to be disappointed. and jim james' falsetto is not good at all. and most of the lyrics are laughable. sorry guys. go in with an open mind and decide for yourself.

im sure their live shows will still be top-notch though..."

Well said sir. Def the worst MMJ album to date.

ok.

lets start with 'the librarian':

"Walk across the courtyard,

Towards the Library,

I can hear the insects buzz on the leaves beneath my feet

Ramble up the stairwell,

To the hall of books,

Since we got the interweb, these hardly get used"

Nice one Jim James. Now, the slide work on this track is very nice, but thats really all that does it for me. Of course everyone gets a kick out of a good mmj 'interweb' reference, but it just doesnt do it for me. where is the passion that made me fall for this band in the first place?

How about 'I'm amazed'? Apparently Jim James is amazed by the following things:

quiet oceans

your devotion

what the people say

the divided nation

all that has been

all that will be

tv stations

what (tv stations) want him to believe

the revolution

the lack of faith

the love rejected

what we accept in the loves place.

Great. Now I can sleep better knowing this. Yknow, now that I think about it, quiet oceans and tv stations are pretty amazing. Good thing JJ pointed that out to me or I could have missed it.

Anyway. I really do love this band, but this album lacks the depth of previous ones. Sure, its catchy and the guitar wark is nice, but for me thats just not enough. However, for the phish-obsessed, I see how that alone can satisfy. Now give this response some thumbs down!!!!

scat it you got it a few months ago then you got the incorrectly titled swsx performance...the actual leak wasnt available until about 3 or 4 weeks tops.

I for one think its their best yet!

Im pretty sure it leaked like mid april

It seems like common courtesy to not disparage an album until after its official release. Would you people hang around the playground and tell kids about the ending to Crying Game?

i as well was EXTREMELY dissapointed with this album. It's a joke, i really can't believe how bad it is. What happened to this band? This band was great around the At Dawn period. Z was alright, had a couple great songs and a couple horrible songs. Evil Urges is just garbage in my opinion

Most overratted band ever. Its amazing what a bunch of hype can do for a band. Late night at B-Roo will be the biggest snoozefest ever. Bring on the thumbs down, I don't care!

I don't care what you music snobs say, I love this band and this album. Is it the most impressive and enlightening album I've ever heard? No, and nothing ever is for some of you guys. But, I love this band and Jim James' voice, so I can dig it.

I hope one day you guys find an album you can truly just accept for what it is: one new album among millions in a year. Listen, take it, and move on.

ya it was their fault for having the album come out so late since they finished recording it last winter, it was bound to get leaked out. But the album rocks and hasn't left my cd player for about a month now. I can't believe some of you don't like it, maybe you have the volume down too low, its bets heard at max. Oh and bonaroo late night of mmj is going to be the shiznizle

Okay, I really don't comment much, but I agree with both points of view on this album. I think the lyrics are okay at best, however the delivery is great. I think the tunes are catchy and well orchestrated as most MMJ songs are. However, this CD really did not catch me right at first. It is a change in direction for sure, but it really begins to grow on you I think. This would likely be a party album. I think the album will definitely surpass the live performances of these tunes and Jim has a lot of falsettos to sing! By the way, this CD is old news if you have the interweb.

I love MMJ!! These guys leave their souls on the stage every time. A lot of musicians out there are hit or miss. If you go to a MMJ show, you get twice the ticket price on every performance no matter what!!! I have my good time coming August 30, see you in Orlando Mr. James!!

So here proves my point about the live versions of these tunes. Maybe time will tell. Interested to hear the reviews when it is actually released. Check this live recording out at NPR.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88163634&sc=emaf

this album in my opinion is great. Some of the lyrics are more straightforward than James' normal delivery however the instrumentation is top notch. James' creative off the wall approach to the record makes it like an adventure reminding me of an LP of the 70s. I can understand why some people may not like the record but it doesn't mean that live this band is not going to fucking blow everyone away. You obviously have not seen them especially at roo. Wish I could catch them there. Waiting for Louisville and KC... Whose going to Lou Ville?

I saw them at B-roo in '04 and I was less than impressed. Now, I love Radiohead, and there are people can't understand them. So I take back my negative comment and replace it with " I just don't understand this band". I am probably the one missing out. But thats ok with me.

Can someone explain this band to me? What their music means? Why it is so deep? Not being sarcastic, but maybe it will give me a different veiw point the next time I listen to them.

just checked this out and i dig it. some good tunes, the song 'evil urges' is a little rough to get through, the falsettos kind of turned me off but the music is good. i really liked 'aluminum park'. can't wait to hear the rest of it and october 3 at the riverside!

Not surprised by a few people 'not getting' the album or not feeling it, and I def agree with trusmoka that this is an album that grows on you (esp a song like highly suspicious which will be killer live. Ive only listened to othe whole album a couple times (you can listen to the whole thing NOW on their myspace page), but I think its a very good album. What At Dawn was to The Tennessee Fire, Evil Urges is that to Z. This album really just reflects on a lot of the various parts of life, however important or minimal they may be, and to me does so with brilliance. Songs like Librarian, Sec Walkin, Smokin from Shootin, Touch Me Part 2< Im Amazed, and Evil Urges are all almost immediately captivating and great. It will be hard for them to ever top It Still Moves and At Dawn, but its a very good album nonetheless...vast majority of critics seem to agree