It took hearing Vinny Cha$e and Kid Art's "Harlem Roses" to turn me onto this early My Morning Jacket facsimile.
I never expected to count on Harlem rappers to expose me to great new indie rock but that was the case here as their liberal sampling of Face to Film's standout track "Harlem Roses" on their identiaclly named track caught my ear and sent me searching for the source.
Lead singer Mike Fiore is a dead ringer for Jim James. The music is not quite as spacy and jam driven as MMJ but the comparison is so easy it feels silly saying it.
Check out "Harlem Roses" by Faces to Film:
And by Vinny Cha$se and Kid Art:
and MMJ at their best:
