JJ Grey & Mofro - Orange Blossoms
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For readers of CSV, the Jacksonville-based band JJ Grey & Mofro should be a familiar name. I featured their soulful Country Ghetto about a year ago, and I come to you now with their recent project Orange Blossoms. Though it may not seem prudent to analyze an album starting from the end of it, the last track “I Believe (In Everything)” makes sense of what Orange Blossoms is all about. That bluesy, folky ballad features the band crooning “I believe in everything / I’m a believer”, and after listening to this album, I can indeed verify that statement.
Being a ‘believer’ means to have a profound appreciation for ways of both mother and human nature, and how these come together comprise fate. So whether JG&M are singing about “Orange Blossoms” and their evocative scents (albeit with a amazing southern-rock rhythm to boot), or whether it’s the swampy, bass-happy way they sing about a girl whose looks give her the appearance that she’s colloquially “On Fire”, JG&M are ‘believers’ bent on bringing the south alive. Be sure to listen for saxophones (at the end of “I Believe” especially) and some gospel choir singing (”Everything Good is Bad” and “Move it On”). Whether you’re buying my interpretation or not, the bottom line is that you’ve got to get off your tush and get this album.
Buy a copy of Orange Blossoms.
Listen to “I Believe (in Everything)”
Listen to “Wylef“
posted on September 17th, 2008 at 11:14 am