Modern Rock CD of the Month – June, 2011
Circuital, My Morning Jacket
“Without losing the playfulness of its predecessors — the chugging “Holdin’ On To Black Metal” lives up to its title — My Morning Jacket stays far more focused on room-filling rock majesty. The album opens, ostentatiously enough, with “Victory Dance,” which billows beautifully into the stuff encores are made of. From there, it’s on to a suitably ambitious array of rock epics (like the seven-minute title track) and grand ballads (“Wonderful,” “Movin’ Away”) that find James continuing to channel George Harrison as best he can.
It’s no criticism to suggest that Circuital promises to reach its full potential on an assortment of live stages; that these 11 songs were made to cut through humid summer air at maximum volume. Until then, headphones and car-stereo speakers will do just fine.”
–NPR
