Description

At its best, listening to The Jayhawks make music is a beautiful American experience falling somewhere between drinking a cold Coke on a hot day and driving through the Rocky Mountains at sunset. Perhaps it’s in the clarity of Mark Olson’s tenor melodies and their accompanying ghostly harmonies, or maybe it’s in Gary Louris’s immensely raved-up country rock licks. Or perhaps it’s the impression left by lyrics that never reveal the whole story but tell just enough to tear at you and make you understand their feeling–the loneliness, the sorrow, the hope, or the peace. Tomorrow The Green Grass shows a great country soul group that has decided to include some violins which gives the music a nice touch, but a misstep where the music’s muscle is concerned. The guitars are still as gorgeous as on their previous album, but muddier and less hook-laden than before. The melodies are both a blessing and a curse: more easily catching and chart-ready but with a lot less meat on their bones. Call it cosmic American music in the sugary Milky Way galaxy. Or else just remember how much Gram Parsons always did look sort of like David Cassidy.

Track list:
1. Blue
2. I’d Run Away
3. Miss Williams Guitar
4. Two Hearts
5. Real Light
6. Over My Shoulder
7. Bad Time
8. See Him On The Street
9. Nothing Left To Borrow
10. Ann Jane
11. Pray For Me
12. Reds Song
13. Ten Little Kids