Jim James was on a long walk recently near his home in Louisville, Kentucky, listening to iTunes when one of his own songs popped up: “Spinning My Wheels,” a gorgeous, hymn-like ballad that he’d written in 2013. The track was from the scrapped sequel to My Morning Jacket’s 2015 album The Waterfall. The band had planned to release at least two albums from their marathon 2013 recording sessions in Stinson Beach, California, but years of heavy touring caught up to James, and they went on a long break. “I just really remembered how much I love that song,” James says of “Spinning My Wheels.” “And then I remembered, ‘Oh, shit, we still have whole second half of we never have released, and maybe this will be a great way to connect again with our listeners and kind of connect with ourselves as a band again.” The band released the Waterfall II earlier this month with a surprise listening party for fans. “It was really emotional,” says James. “It’s funny, because it was closing a chapter in one way. But in another way, it was like a new beginning. It really felt like this beautiful way of knowing that the band… Read full this story
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