New music from America - yes, that America - will hit stores on January 16th when Burgundy Records releases Here & Now, a 2-CD set. Founding members Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell team up with indie rock producers Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne) and James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins) to record 12 new songs, featuring collaborations with Ryan Adams, Ben Kweller and members of My Morning Jacket, Fountains of Wayne and Nada Surf. You can listen to "Ride On" featuring Ryan Adams, Ben Kweller and Adam Schlesinger here:
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On growing up listening to America, Jim James of My Morning Jacket says "I used to lay on the living room floor, when my family was out of town at the ocean and I couldn't go cuz I had some stuff to do for school...and just cry my eyes out to America, and think of all the fun my family was having at the ocean. [Songs like] 'Tin Man,' 'Ventura Highway,' 'Lonely People,' 'Sister Golden Hair,' (Windows Media / Real / Quicktime)...so many jams. They are premier architects of harmony. They built temples in my brain as a child and the ruins are still there."

Labels: My Morning Jacket