Jim James and Louisville Orchestra Announce Collaborative Project "The Order of Nature"

My Morning Jacket singer Jim James has teamed up with the orchestra / composer Teddy Abrams and the Louisville Orchestra on a collaborative album called, The order of nature. This CD, to be released Oct. 18 on Decca Gold, features new original compositions by James and reworked arrangements of songs from his solo catalog.

Premiered April 6-7, 2018 at the Louisville Orchestra's Festival of American Music, held annually The order of nature will be performed by James, Abrams and local orchestras next month and in May 2020. The album presents the performance of April 7, 2018 in Louisville 'recorded in a take [without] overdubs. "

"The main idea for me is to try to think about the fact that nature does not know how to hate," said James about the project's lyrical content. "Humans are obviously part of nature, but why do we have this thing called hate and how do we get rid of it? We fight nature and think we can override nature, but we commit suicide and we kill the planet. "

The album is accompanied by a mini-documentary in three parts on The order of nature, whose first chapter is now available. Watch the first part of the mini-documentation and listen to the single "Set It To Song" from the album below:

Set it on the song

Jim James & Teddy Abrams – The Order of Nature – Part 1

The order of nature tracklist

1. Walking in the snow
2. Here in spirit
3. Human contact
4. Required
5. Back to the end of the world
6. Who am I?
7. Again and again
8. Set it on the song
9. Even old lie