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My Morning Jacket Man Jim James Announces Debut Album

• 13th Nov 2012

My Morning Jacket man JIM JAMES announces his debut album “Regions of Light and Sound of God” today, set to be released 4th February 2013 on V2 records.

“I wanted the album to sound like it came from a different place in time,” says Jim James. “Perhaps sounding as if it were the past of the future, if that makes any sense—like a hazy dream that a fully-realized android or humanoid capable of thought might have when it reminisces about the good old days of just being a simple robot.”

“I take walks a lot,” says James, “and as I walk, songs kind of build in my mind. So I had a full vision for a lot of the songs on this album before I even recorded one note.”

These visions have now manifested as Regions of Light and Sound of God, the first solo album from the singer, songwriter and guitarist for My Morning Jacket, which will be released 4th February on V2 Records.

Over the course of fifteen years and six studio albums, James has been the focal point of a group that has grown into one of the most acclaimed and successful rock and roll bands in the world. With this project, he reaches into new territory that extends, but doesn’t break from, MMJ’s accomplishments.

Stream “Know Till Now” from the album here:

Until now, James had never felt the call to create a longer-form album on his own. “I’m very lucky to play in a band with guys that I love, who are great at what they do,” he says, “so on MMJ records, I don’t have a need to play bass or keys or what have you. But as a person and as a musician, I love to play every instrument under the sun, and I wanted to make a record where I played all the instruments and produced/engineered it myself.”