Justin Tyler Close
The next project for My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James is a collaborative album with Teddy Abrams & The Louisville Orchestra.
“The core idea to me is trying to reflect on the fact that nature doesn’t know how to hate,” says James. “Humans are part of nature obviously, but why do we have this thing called hatred and how do we get rid of it? We’re fighting nature and thinking we can prevail over nature, but we’re killing each other and killing the planet.”
“We’re really looking at addressing things head on,” Abrams adds. “That was an interest of mine in working with Jim because he has a way of taking on challenging and divisive issues and presenting them in ways that everybody can relate to, even if you’re from different political backgrounds.”
“For me it was very inspiring, and it was also inspiring to hear what Teddy wrote,” James concludes.
“And I really enjoyed just giving him this seed of a song and just watching it flower.”
The Order Of Nature album will be released on October 18th, its first track Set It To Song is streaming now.