After perusing some of my best of the year lists over the past decade I came to the realization that it was an amazing decade for music and incredibly diverse.

I could make a case for probably a couple dozen records but in the end this album became more a part of the fabric of my life as much as any other. I know some won't even rank it as their favorite MMJ album but for me, this is their crowning achievement. Just so all over the place. Indie without being precious. Rocks without being dumb. Twangy without being alt-country. Guitar heroics and vocal heroics. All clocking in at over 71 minutes. So much to chew on. Hell, 9 songs over the 5 minute mark and 3 or 4 over 6 minutes.

Much like how people don't listen to the Beatles catalog much simply because their albums are just part of their DNA at this point. Kind of how I feel about this record.