Sealed 2021 2LP Gatefold Repress On Limited Edition Cream Colour Vinyl With Black Blob. Newly Mastered At Half-Speed. "Coming From A Young Band Whose First Three Albums Earned Them A Reputation As Hairy Torchbearers Of Guitar-Driven Classic Rock, The Title Is Also About Messing With Expectations. Evil Urges Explodes The Band's Sound With The Same Kind Of Creative Leap That Wilco Took On "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" And Radiohead Took On "Kid A." MMJ's Reverence For Neil Young And Crazy Horse Is Well Documented; Their Prince Fetish Less So. Nothing In Their Discography Could Anticipate A Song Like "Highly Suspicious," Evil Urges' Biggest WTF Moment. It's Both Hilarious And Badass. MMJ Also Embrace Prog Rock — A Direction That Initially Seems At Odds With Their Populist Jam-Band Vibe. But James Is Determined To Have It Both Ways. The Elaborate, Shimmering Vocal Overdubs On "Touch Me I'm Going To Scream, Part 1" Recall 10cc's Prog-Pop Landmark "I'm Not In Love." And The Record's 13-Minute Tag-Team Finale, "Smokin From Shootin" And "Touch Me I'm Going To Scream, Part 2," Morphs Between Radiohead's Computer-Assisted Soul, Avant-Roots Rock And A Chugging Pink Floyd Space Anthem. There Are Lots Of Old-School Moments Like This On Evil Urges. Some Showcase Group Vocals; For The First Time, James' Bandmates Sing Backup, Adding A Shaggy Richness To The Mix. "Two Halves" Is A Love Letter To Youth With A Frankie Valli Doo-Wop Touch. "I'm Amazed" Is A Slow-Grind Beer-Slosher With A Hollered Good-Ol'-Boy Chorus, While "Sec Walkin'" Shows Off James' Deep Love Of Seventies Soul. Evil Urges Refutes The Idea That Indie Rock These Days Is Too White. It's A Beautifully Miscegenated Mess: "Thank You Too" Conjures The Stylistics, "Aluminum Park" Conjures The Replacements, And It's All Good." - Will Heremes, Rolling Stone