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Recently Wilco streamed their new album, “Wilco” on their website.   I had a chance to listen to it on a few different occasions, and I was impressed.   Wilco, I would argue, has put out one of the strongest albums in the last 10 years with “Sky Blue Sky” and I felt like they never would have reached that type of album composition ever again.  Well, in their self-titled album, they most certainly came close to setting the bar that they set just two years ago…

Part of the reason that this album has the same polished composition as “Sky Blue Sky” is because Wilco brought back Jim Scott, who helped mix Sky Blue Sky.   Wilco has come with an understanding that very few bands come with anymore.   Bands and artists have another instrument at hand when recording an album, as Jeff Tweedy, Wilco’s front man would say, “use the studio as another instrument.”

Today, very few bands and artists are making full albums that have an overarching mood or theme.  Wilco, however, doesn’t look at an individual song without looking at the album as a whole.   In the world of iTunes and digital downloading, bands don’t feel the need to develop complete and polished albums.  There are still people like me who want to see good albums, from beginning to end that have a theme, a mood, a melody that sticks throughout the whole album.  And yet, there are still bands like Wilco who want to create good albums from beginning to end, hence, my admiration for coming out with another masterpiece.

This is “You Are My Face” off of their last album “Sky Blue Sky.”   This song most certainly captures a less is more feel to it, and exemplifies the beauty in rock and roll.

The album will be due out on June 30.   Check it out.

A nice treat was given to Phish Phans in the last few days, and I figured I would embed this set on my blog for anyone else who might enjoy.   1 month until Alpine Valley!