Z [CCCD]

1999年に活動を開始し、過去にはワープド・ツアーの参加歴もある4人組、リミットポイントのデビュー・アルバムが“NUTCASE”からリリース。冒頭からシンガロング必死のキャッチーな楽曲が続きつつ、全体を通してみると骨太ハードな部分も持ち合わせた、一筋縄ではいかない、斬新且つうまーく練りこまれたアルバム。

Rolling Stone (No. 985, p.80) - 4 stars out of 5 - "America is a lot closer to getting its own Radiohead, and it isn't Wilco...." Spin (p.63) - Ranked #13 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2005" - "[B]eautiful melodies, fizzy dual-guitar jams, soaring soul-man falsettos, convincing reggae grooves - and an unexpected shout out to Madonna." Spin (p.133) - "Z imagines a dance floor covered in sawdust and a musty smell wafting from under the board....For every moment of ambient weirdness, there's a blast of rock guitar..." - Grade: A- Entertainment Weekly (No. 843, p.73) - "...They evoke the musical essence of various titans while achieving a wholly distinctive sound of their own...." - Grade: A- Magnet (p.53) - Ranked #18 in Magnet's "The 20 Best Albums Of 2005" - "Z finds My Morning Jacket at the end of the road, leaning forward, embracing drum clicks and glitzy keyboards like never before." Magnet (p.104) - "The moody atmospherics are ultimately shattered by a catharsis of crescendoing guitars and gut-wrenching vocals, yielding what's arguably the most powerful My Morning Jacket performance to date." Mojo (Publisher) (p.58) - Ranked #5 in Mojo's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2005" - "New conviction imbued the band's heady, metaphysical rock'n'soul..." Mojo (Publisher) (p.96) - 5 stars out of 5 - "Z is ruthlessly honed....The pedal steel tickling the edges of the lovely testimonial 'The Knot Comes Loose' has been assimilated into a worldlier musical context that magnifies the epic romance at the group's heart." Paste (magazine) - "Everything from blue-eyed soul and Crazy Horse stomps to the Jacket's trademark spacey textures fill Z's 46 minutes, yet the album sounds decidedly different from its predecessors, and remains one of their best."