Chocolate and Ice

limited edition chocolate splattered banana coloured vinyl. my morning jacket, the louisville, ky outfit that continue to defy categorization. equal parts rock, americana and dreamy psychaedelica, my morning jacket's appeal stems from, among other things, the hauntingly raw vocals of lead singer and guitarist, jim james. jim james leads his musical cohorts along a journey of reverb-drenched melodies, velvet melancholy lyrics, and instrumentation that combines old country swagger with classic pop sentimentality. live, my morning jacket turn the proverbial amp up to 11 and rock so hard that 'shards of glass from broken beer bottles thrown against the chickenwire amidst a bar-room brawl only add to the rhythmic mayhem (from a fan website).' this alleged ep actually clocks in at 40 minutes.