My Morning Jacket news

My Morning Jacket will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their acclaimed 2005 album, Z, with a new Deluxe Edition, arriving via ATO Records on October 3. Pre-orders/pre-saves are available now. 

Remastered from the original master tapes, the Z 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition will be available digitally, on CD, and as a 3LP set on pink, coral and blue-colored vinyl, with outtakes from singles and film work, previously unreleased material, demos, and more, including the new single, “Where To Begin,” now at all DSPs and streaming services.

Written especially for Cameron Crowe’s 2005 film Elizabethtown – set in Kentucky and partially shot in MMJ’s hometown of Louisville – “Where to Begin” was among the first songs recorded by the band with then-new members keyboard player Bo Koster and guitarist Carl Broemel, the latter on stone-country pedal steel guitar.

“That was one of the coolest things,” says My Morning Jacket singer-guitarist-songwriter Jim James, “that Carl could play pedal steel. We’d never had that before.”

LISTEN TO “WHERE TO BEGIN”

PRE-ORDER/PRE-SAVE Z 20TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION

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To further commemorate the 20th anniversary of Z, My Morning Jacket have slated some shows that will see them performing the collection in its entirety. The Z – 20th Anniversary shows will take place as part of previously announced dates on the upcoming second leg of their MY MORNING JACKET “is” ON TOUR, including Morrison, CO’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre (August 15), Los Angeles, CA’s Hollywood Palladium (August 19), Brooklyn, NY’s Brooklyn Paramount (October 16), Chicago, IL’s The Salt Shed (October 26), and Atlanta, GA’s Fox Theatre (November 1).

Tickets for all five Z – 20th Anniversary shows are on sale now. For complete details, please see www.mymorningjacket.com/tour.

“October 4 is the 20th anniversary of our album Z. It’s pretty wild to think about that,” says James. “To celebrate two decades of it being out in the ether, we’re excited to be turning five of our shows into special Z anniversary shows, where we’ll play that album – and some other songs, don’t worry – front to back.”

Z was co-produced with British producer John Leckie (XTC, Stone Roses, Radiohead). The fourth studio album was first to feature its current lineup of James, keyboard player Bo Koster, guitarist Carl Broemel, bassist Tom Blankenship, and drummer Patrick Hallahan. 

From the radiant “Wordless Chorus” and big-riff crunch of “Gideon” to the astral-funk spinout, “Off the Record,” and improvisational thunder of “Dondante,” the album proved My Morning Jacket’s breakthrough, employing such surprising influences as dub, reggae, and electronica to create an awe-inspiring collection that wasn’t simply rock ‘n’ roll, yet in James’ words, “moved you like rock ‘n’ roll.”

2025 has seen My Morning Jacket's 10th studio album and first full-length new collection in more than three years,, is, available everywhere now via ATO Records. It was produced by 3x GRAMMY® Award-winner Brendan O’Brien (Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam).

Track list: 

Wordless Chorus
It Beats For You
Gideon
What a Wonderful Man
Off the Record
Into the Woods
Anytime
Laylow
Knot Comes Loose
Dondante

B-Sides

Where to Begin
Chills
How Could I Know (Oxen)
The Devil’s Peanut Butter
Wordless Chorus (Jim Demo)
It Beats For You (Jim Demo)
Laylow (Jim Demo)
Into the Woods (Band Dance Version)
Off the Record (Jim Demo)
Anytime (Jim Demo)
Knot Comes Loose (Jim Demo)
Dondante (Jim Demo)
Original Ending (Off the Record)
Where to Begin (Jim Demo)

Tour dates: 

* INCLUDES Z – 20TH ANNIVERSARY SHOWS *

AUGUST

16 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre †

19 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium † *
20 – Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl †
22 – Berkeley, CA – The Greek Theatre †

SEPTEMBER

5 – Raleigh, NC – Hopscotch Music Festival ‡

OCTOBER
8 – Washington, DC – The Anthem §
10 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met §
11 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met §
13 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway §
14 – Portland, ME – State Theatre §
16 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount § *
17 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount §
18 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount §
20 – Cincinnati, OH – MegaCorp Pavilion §
22 – Madison, WI – The Sylvee §
24 – Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed §
25 – Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed § (SOLD OUT)
26 – Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed § *
29 – Nashville, TN – The Pinnacle §
31 – Atlanta, GA – Fox Theatre §

NOVEMBER
1 – Atlanta, GA – Fox Theatre ^ *

* Z – 20TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW
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