The Monsters of Folk started out as the name of a tour that included Jim James, M. Ward, Coner Oberst and Mike Mogis a few years back. They decided to take their collaboration to the studio resulting in a new album that just came out last week. I haven't heard much of it but think this song is pretty strong.
The more exciting news for me is that they tapped Will Johnson to tour with them on drums. I've written about Will before on this blog. He heads up Centro-matic, South San Gabriel and also releases solo albums. I first met him around 2000 when we were both working on environmental cleanup projects at Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island. I think our first conversation was sparked by a Superchunk T-shirt I was wearing. He went back to Texas and made music his full-time job shortly after that. A smart move considering he'll be appearing with these guys tonight on Conan O'Brien. Check it out!
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