25 years ago today (4/6/01), My Morning Jacket released At Dawn, their second full-length album. Sprawling across 74 minutes, the record marked a major leap forward for the Jim James-led Kentucky band, expanding their sound into more ambitious, atmospheric territory.
Blending reverb-drenched vocals with a loose, exploratory take on Southern rock, At Dawn set the stage for the band’s rise—eventually carrying them to headliner status at major U.S. festivals and 20k capacity later in the decade, and the years that would follow still today.
Dive into the full album and hear where it all “almost” started…