Regions of Light and Sound of God
80/100
I look at that album cover and I think that Jim James is either floating through space looking for the light of God, or else he's too dizzy from the club's strobelights to find the bar. Judging by the album title, I'm guessing the former. Another rocker on a godhunt. In this solo album by the frontman for My Morning Jacket, you get some of the soaring vocals that he used to make in his early albums--when he would record his songs in a grain silo, I believe--and you also get strong religious overtones in song titles like "God's Love to Deliver," which ends up sounding like an otherworldly fairytale, more haunting than godly. The best song is probably "A New Life" below. It's a good, albeit serious album. You get the feeling that if you're hanging out with Jim James, it's best not to run a joke past the guy. He'd probably just be staring at you blankly after you delivered the punchline.
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