"Z" by My Morning Jacket (2005)

My Morning Jacket's last record It Still Moves - was the first of their handful of records that I fell in love with, thus I honestly didn't know what to expect from Z.. I know they released an EP in between the two - which I never got my hands on, and thus being a relative newcomer to the band I wasn't sure what was in store for me as I tore off the plastic and the sticky crap at the top. For me it was their sophomore effort - and we all know the jinx involved with such a albums. But as it is in truth their fifth of sixth release (If you don't count their collaboration with Songs: Ohia) so in truth the sophomore thing really was just my own fear.

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