My Morning Jacket Call For Peace, Release Acoustic Album for Charity

My Morning Jacket are standing alongside the citizens of Minneapolis with today’s release of Peacelands, an acoustic album of original songs and exclusive covers, available now at Bandcamp. Recorded by 6x GRAMMY® Award-winner Shawn Everett (Alabama Shakes, Kacey Musgraves, The War on Drugs) at EastWest Studios’ famed Studio Three in Hollywood, CA, the 14-track collection includes stripped-down new versions of My Morning Jacket and Jim James solo favorites like “I’m Amazed” and “Here In Spirit” alongside intensely relevant renditions of iconic songs by Bob Dylan (“Blowin’ In The Wind”), The Velvet Underground (“I Found A Reason”), Brian Wilson (“Love and Mercy”), and more. All proceeds from Peacelands will benefit such important nonprofit organizations as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Doctors Without Borders, and the International Rescue Committee. For an additional directory of activists providing crucial efforts on the ground in Minneapolis and elsewhere, please visit www.standwithminnesota.com.

PURCHASE PEACELANDS

“Peacelands” is a word and concept created by visionary Louisville artist Mark Anthony Mulligan,” says My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, “an imaginary land of peace, friendship, and equality he created in his artwork – a place where folks listen to each other and find a way to get along in peace, friendship, and togetherness – despite their differences.

I think about this word “Peacelands” in our world all of the time, especially in troubled times, and we believe that it’s still possible for us to achieve Mark’s vision of Peacelands – a world of love and friendship – if only we can learn to listen, love, and forgive in paths of peace, acceptance, and tolerance.

We stand with the people of Minnesota and everywhere else affected by the horrors of ICE brutality and lack of human decency or transparency from this administration.

There is room for everyone to be safe and free and at home in this vast world and we need to find a new path together to safe and humane immigration policy and reform rooted in peace and love… safety and equality… and new systems of fairness, freedom, and transparent justice for all.

ALL PROCEEDS from “Peacelands,” an album of mostly unreleased, acoustic peaceful protest songs – some covers and some of my own – that we released today exclusively on @bandcamp, will go to organizations like @aclu_nationwide fighting for our safety and freedoms here at home, as well as @doctorswithoutborders and @rescueorg – organizations working hard to help heal the horrors of war and terror around the globe… working around the clock to help move us all towards “Peacelands.”

Artwork artist is unknown and comes from a handmade wood carving I found years ago at a second-hand store in Missoula called Circle Square.

TO MAKE A DONATION, PLEASE VISIT:

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION (ACLU) – www.aclu.org

DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS – www.doctorswithoutborders.org

INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE – www.rescue.org

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MY MORNING JACKET

PEACELANDS 

Tracklist:

1. Why Can’t We Live Together (Timmy Thomas)

2. New World Coming (Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil)

3. Love and Mercy (Brian Wilson)

4. Here In Spirit (Jim James)

5. Rainbow Power (Timmy Thomas)

6. I’m Amazed (Jim James)

7. Don’t Lose Your Eye (Sonny Boy Williamson)

8. Changing World (Woody Guthrie and Jim James)

9. State Of The Art (Jim James)

10. Blowin’ In The Wind (Bob Dylan)

11. Everything Must Change (Benard Ighner)

12. In The Moment (Jim James)

13. Together Again (Buck Owens)

14. I Found A Reason (Lou Reed)

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ABOUT MY MORNING JACKET:

For more than 25 years, My Morning Jacket have fully committed to their belief in music as a conduit for revelation of all kinds. Hailed by The New York Times as “the kings of expand-your-mind, religious-experience rock,” the Louisville, KY-bred five-piece has undergone seismic transformations and restless explorations to grow from southern misfits to one of the most acclaimed and beloved bands of their generation. My Morning Jacket has released nine studio albums thus far, with 2005’s Z named by Rolling Stone among “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time” and 2008’s Evil Urges, 2011’s Circuital, and 2015’s The Waterfall receiving three consecutive GRAMMY® Award nominations for “Best Alternative Album.” 2020’s hit single, “Feel You” marked a milestone in the band’s history by ascending to #1 at Triple A radio outlets nationwide and on Billboard’s “Adult Alternative Songs” chart – My Morning Jacket’s first-ever #1 on a Billboard songs chart. Along the way, the band have earned a reputation as a dynamic, life-altering live experience, building a devout worldwide fanbase through sold-out headline tours and top-billed festival sets. My Morning Jacket’s latest release, 2025’s is, sees them once again elevating their artistry to unprecedented heights by teaming with one of the most esteemed producers in rock music, multiple GRAMMY® Award-winner Brendan O’Brien (Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam). The decision to involve an outside creative force for the first time in their career led to what may be My Morning Jacket’s most masterfully realized collection thus far, simultaneously expanding the parameters of the band’s already far-reaching sound while also breathing fresh new energy into their continually evolving body of work.