When four of alternative America’s heroes get together, there’s bound to be expectations. I don’t think Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis of Bright Eyes, Jim James of My Morning Jacket and M. Ward of umm well, M. Ward even gave that a second thought. Monsters Of Folk grew from playing after shows while on tour together in 2004. Thanks to their busy respective careers, it took them up til now to finally get round to releasing an actual album. And lemme just come out and say it, it was well worth the wait.
Thank god they didn’t spend their time after shows watching movies or playing Band Hero… wait, that wasn’t even out back in 2004. Anyway, if they hadn’t been writing songs, we wouldn’t have been treated to the excellent mix of rockabilly and boogie that is « Whole Lotta Losin’ », the beautiful acoustic ditty that is « Temazcal » or the pedal steel enhanced « The Right Place ».
They aren’t quite this decade’s Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young or The Traveling Wilburys just yet, but they delivered one helluva album that clearly showcases their love of music in all its different colours.
Score : 8.5 out of 10
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