{"id":3346,"date":"2015-05-08T13:31:59","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T17:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=3346"},"modified":"2015-05-15T12:40:29","modified_gmt":"2015-05-15T16:40:29","slug":"my-morning-jacket-waterfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/my-morning-jacket-waterfall\/","title":{"rendered":"My Morning Jacket <br>Waterfall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/my_morning_jacket-waterfall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3347\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/my_morning_jacket-waterfall.jpg\" alt=\"My Morning Jacket, Waterfall\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/my_morning_jacket-waterfall.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/my_morning_jacket-waterfall-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>This is something I would not have thought possible. My Morning Jacket has very skillfully combined the merits of its influences with the energy of its masterful live sets, and the resulting album, <i>Waterfall<\/i> (ATO Records\/Capitol Records) is boring as all hell. There are moments of talent and, occasionally, of beauty, but they&#8217;re all squandered on a soundtrack for marking time, treading water, and walking in place.<\/p>\n<p>Take, for example, \u201cSpring (Among the Living).\u201d This isn&#8217;t even a song, is it? I don&#8217;t mean that its structure is unusual or that it&#8217;s intentionally subtle. This is just an undeveloped assemblage of riffs designed to fill time at a concert. There&#8217;s no excuse for putting forth so little effort. And let&#8217;s be clear, I&#8217;m a fan of this band. I pay money for their music, and I&#8217;ve watched them play at venues of all sizes. I am of the dissenting opinion that <i>Circuital<\/i> might be their best album, but on <i>Waterfall<\/i> everything I like about them is missing: their vast diversity of sounds (think about the range shown on <i>Z<\/i>); their way of coaxing unique, five-minute crescendos out of a pedestrian series of chord changes (think &#8220;Victory Dance,&#8221; &#8220;One Big Holiday,&#8221; &#8220;Smokin\u2019 from Shootin\u2019&#8221;); and their desire to remain a moving target (think about how little <i>Evil Urges<\/i> has in common with their albums released just before and after it).<\/p>\n<p>And the band knows what&#8217;s missing. They nod to their epic past on \u201cBelieve (Nobody Knows),\u201d but the song is too repetitive to take flight. &#8220;In Its Infancy&#8221; will be a live favorite; it&#8217;s clearly designed to be played as the sun goes down and the crowd is lighting up, but it&#8217;s almost entirely atmosphere. 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