Yim Yames - Tribute To

Artist - Yim Yames
Album - Tribute To
Released - August 4, 2009 (ATO)

All too rarely does an album come along that truly captures a moment. Yes, it can capture emotion and feeling, but the moment is something that can only be arrested once in a lifetime.

Donning the not-so-subtle moniker of Yim Yames, My Morning Jacket front man, Jim James, delicately crafts an autumnal tribute to the late George Harrison with an introspective passion.

Never Jackson Polloking a contrived eulogy, Jim James found himself alone in his studio, reflecting on the death of the late Beatle in 2001. With nothing but his acoustic and his inherent talent, James somberly recorded his six track EP with an intense reverence and respect.

Of the six covers, Love You Too is kneaded from the same fertile clay of creativity as the source work. Never treading on its toes, James’ cover discovers a distinct era in his own musical career. Meshing the layered vocals and psychedelic tendencies of My Morning Jacket with Harrison’s 1968 release, Love You Too is a singular entity with a wide-spread inspiration.

All Things Must Pass closes the album as a simple and somber track with an inflection strictly his own. It’s James’ spontaneous tribute to a musical legend and the untailored nature of his simplistic and skeletal songs are haunting, yet graceful.

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