My Morning Jacket’s Jim James has announced his first solo album in eight years. Wowed Out is set for release on August 28 via ATO. Check out the lead single ‘Come Again’ below.
“‘Come Again’ came from feeling discouraged by how much things are changing in directions I don’t agree with, but trying to remember that there’s still so much beauty to be experienced,” James said of the new single in a statement. “You’ve got to just keep going and keep trying again and again and again to find joy.”
Opening up about the LP, he added: “When I think about making this album, it almost feels like I was in some kind of dream and now I’m trying to remember what the dream was about. “The whole thing brought me a lot of joy and comfort while I was making it, and I hope it brings everyone else a little joy and comfort too.”
Produced entirely by James, the recorded started taking shape in the fall of 2025, when he began sorting through a stash of recordings he’d created with his longtime friend, composer Brian Reitzell, known for his extensive work with Sofia Coppola. “For years I kept returning to all this music we’d made and couldn’t figure out what to do with it,” James recalled. “But for some reason, last year everything started flowing in a really beautiful way.”
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Wowed Out Tracklist:
1. Baby Dear
2. Hands On
3. Come Again
4. Lost Child
5. Home (Green)
6. We Love Our Life
7. Wowed Out
8. Whole Heart (Into It)
9. Rewind It
10. Your Door
