My Morning Jacket’s latest effort, Circuital, is definitely a return to form musically. That said, I didn’t dislike Evil Urges as much as some folks. The fact that the MMJ dudes never take themselves too seriously is my favorite thing about them, even — and especially — if it results in head-scratching lines like “peanut butter pudding surprise.”

I don’t know if Circuital is the album that people expected in place of Urges (I remember when folks said one more amazing album would put them on par with Radiohead and Wilco, before “Evil Urges” weirded them out), but it’s good.

All that said, another Tennessee Fire would’ve been fine with me.

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