"Evil Urges" has made me a fan!!!

[EOTW]

I'm going to be brave here and admit I am a "noob."  For a VERY long time, friends have been trying to get me into MMJ.  I listened to some of their albums and liked bits and pieces but there was just something I wasn't getting.  It's not a big deal.  It happens.  There are LOTS of great bands I love that none of my friends dig.  People have different tastes and that's all fine and dandy and all that.

So, I DL'd "Evil Urges" after my best friend, who's a HUGE MMJ nut, was raving about.  Last Saturday, after I took a nap, I put on my ear buds and was, literally, BLOWN AWAY.

I'm not sure what it is, maybe a lot of it (to be honest) is being able to hear JJ's real voice come through.  I love the words, but the music, the different styles are what really hooked me.  this album is just a pot of different things mixing,  Yes, there is clearly an 80s funk thing going on, I get the DYlan/"Nashville Skyline" vocals, the LIps references, I can even hear "Smile" era Jayhawk harmonies on a few tracks.  Even dare I say, a Radiohead feel here and there.  All good and it is just anamazing record.

I've listened to this thing 2 or 3 times every day since, have made several ring tones for my phone.  I LOVE this record so much.

After the 10th listen, I put "At Dawn" and the demos and found I enjoyed them more.  Am I the only one that feels MMJ was made for private, headphone listening?  I can't understand anything JJ is singing when I play it in my car but the music feels VERY intimate when I am listening to it privately and it makes me pay attention, which all great music should.

Flame me if you like, but when these come anywhere near here on tour, I am there for multiple shows.  

So, thank you for this amazing album and thank you for providing a "thru" to understanding and loving the music.  Thank you for a CLASSIC album, going up there with "YHF" and "In rainbows" as one of the few truly great discs of recent years.

[getinthevan]

Welcome to the board!

[bold99]

I agree...I just to someone the other day this might be my favorite album since Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.

[BH]

ohhhhh, sarcasm.   You've really been holding on to that one.

[capt. scotty]

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[Ghosts_on_TV]

So wait...this is bullshit?

[Erik26]

Which thread are you not bull shitting on?? I'm confused :-/

[AMightyCaporal]

I'm not going to respond to the original post... I'll just say, Evil Urges kicks major bootay!  I love driving with the windows down on a scorching hot day and blasting EU, Touch Me pt. 1 and 2 and Highly Suspicious

[Erik26]

I have several friends that got turned on to MMJ through Evil Urges and then worked backwards through the library. It really is a great album.