2024 was a whirlwind year for MJ Lenderman following the release of one of the year’s most celebrated albums, Manning Fireworks. Earlier this month, MJ Lenderman and his band, The Wind made their NPR Tiny Desk Concert debut, following a completely sold-out fall North American tour and a late-night television debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Last night, MJ Lenderman & The Wind returned to late-night television with a performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! They performed a beloved single from Manning Fireworks, the “sun-bleached,” (Consequence) “off-kilter” (New York Times) ‘Joker Lips.’
Watch MJ Lenderman Perform On Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Praise for MJ Lenderman & Manning Fireworks
“MJ Lenderman delivered a perfect union of woodsy heartache and craggy indie-rock-guitar beauty on [Manning Fireworks].” — Rolling Stone, “The 250 Greatest Albums Of The 21st Century So Far”
“Manning Fireworks is the sound of one of indie rock’s most promising new voices coming into his own.” — Billboard, #38 in The 50 Best Albums of 2024
“I don’t think I’ve fallen in love with an album as quickly as the latest release from MJ Lenderman.” — USA Today, #8 in “Best of 2024”
“Lenderman captures something true and profound about what it’s like to come of age in a world that is hugely unsteady, and how dark it can feel, not knowing what to do with your yearning.” — The New Yorker, #1 in “The Best Albums of 2024”
“Manning Fireworks claims Americana for the kids with revoked drivers licenses and the families with Christmas decorations in the yard in June; it claims rock for the unheroic and uncool, the purveyors of awkward pauses.” — NPR Music, The 50 Best Albums of 2024
Lenderman is able to cut through the wit and expose raw loneliness, cementing himself as one of Gen-Z’s sharpest lyricists.” — VOGUE, “The 36 Best Albums of 2024”
“Manning Fireworks proceeds like a greatest hits collection. Every line is a short story. Its jokes are profound, its wisdom ridiculous, its irreverence wide-eyed and irresistible.” — Pitchfork, #4 in “The 50 Best Albums of 2024”
“Combining a sweet, slacker’s neigh and a disarmingly precise pen, MJ Lenderman sings like someone who doesn’t care but writes like someone who secretly, very deeply, does.” — New York Times, #1 in Lindsay Zoladz’ Best Albums of 2024
“Odds are high people will be checking out the Himbo Dome for years, if not decades, to come.” — UPROXX, “The Best Albums of 2024″
“one of those singles where the first time you heard it, you knew you were listening to something special.” — Treble on “She’s Leaving You,” #3 in “The Best Songs of 2024”
“On Manning Fireworks — and its collection of rootsy, reserved, reflective tunes — the Asheville songwriter is well on his way to becoming a folk hero for the light-beer-drinking, good-natured, bleeding hearts of the underground.” — Consequence, #18 in “50 Best Albums of 2024”
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Manning Fireworks Album ArtworkMJ Lenderman
Manning Fireworks Tracklising
01. Manning Fireworks
02. Joker Lips
03. Rudolph
04. Wristwatch
05. She’s Leaving You
06. Rip Torn
07. You Don’t Know The Shape I’m In
08. On My Knees
09. Bark At The Moon
