My Morning Jacket are standing alongside the citizens of Minneapolis with today’s release of Peacelands, an acoustic album of original songs and exclusive covers, available now at Bandcamp. The album was recorded by Shawn Everett (Alabama Shakes, Kacey Musgraves, The War on Drugs) at EastWest Studios’ Studio Three in Hollywood, CA, the 14-track collection includes stripped-down new versions of My Morning Jacket and Jim James solo favorites All proceeds from Peacelands will benefit such important nonprofit organizations as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Doctors Without Borders, and the International Rescue Committee. For an additional directory of activists providing crucial efforts on the ground in Minneapolis and elsewhere, please visit www.standwithminnesota.com.

“Peacelands is a word and concept created by visionary Louisville artist Mark Anthony Mulligan,” says My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, “an imaginary land of peace, friendship, and equality he created in his artwork – a place where folks listen to each other and find a way to get along in peace, friendship, and togetherness – despite their differences.

I think about this word “Peacelands” in our world all of the time, especially in troubled times, and we believe that it’s still possible for us to achieve Mark’s vision of Peacelands – a world of love and friendship – if only we can learn to listen, love, and forgive in paths of peace, acceptance, and tolerance.

We stand with the people of Minnesota and everywhere else affected by the horrors of ICE brutality and lack of human decency or transparency from this administration.

There is room for everyone to be safe and free and at home in this vast world and we need to find a new path together to safe and humane immigration policy and reform rooted in peace and love… safety and equality… and new systems of fairness, freedom, and transparent justice for all.

ALL PROCEEDS from “Peacelands,” an album of mostly unreleased, acoustic peaceful protest songs – some covers and some of my own – that we released today exclusively on @bandcamp, will go to organizations like @aclu_nationwide fighting for our safety and freedoms here at home, as well as @doctorswithoutborders and @rescueorg – organizations working hard to help heal the horrors of war and terror around the globe… working around the clock to help move us all towards “Peacelands.”

My Morning Jacket
Peacelands
Tracklist:

1. Why Can’t We Live Together (Timmy Thomas)
2. New World Coming (Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil)
3. Love and Mercy (Brian Wilson)
4. Here In Spirit (Jim James)
5. Rainbow Power (Timmy Thomas)
6. I’m Amazed (Jim James)
7. Don’t Lose Your Eye (Sonny Boy Williamson)
8. Changing World (Woody Guthrie and Jim James)
9. State Of The Art (Jim James)
10. Blowin’ In The Wind (Bob Dylan)
11. Everything Must Change (Benard Ighner)
12. In The Moment (Jim James)
13. Together Again (Buck Owens)
14. I Found A Reason (Lou Reed)

TO MAKE A DONATION, PLEASE VISIT:

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION (ACLU) – www.aclu.org
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS – www.doctorswithoutborders.org
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE – www.rescue.org

Order Peacelands by My Morning Jacket HERE